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tv   The Papers  BBC News  October 25, 2020 10:30pm-11:01pm GMT

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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentator and former conservative party press chief, giles kenningham, and the author and journalist, rachel shabi tomorrow's front pages starting with the metro — which has a picture of the dramatic moment special forces stormed a tanker off the isle of wight coast — after it says it was "seized" by seven stowaways. the daily telegraph says
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the operation tookjust nine minutes — and reports the ministry of defence‘s comments — that the ship had been "subject to a suspected hijacking". the financial times leads on president trump's comments that the us is "rounding the turn" on covid—19 — despite a recent surge in cases in the run up to the us election. the i quotes the us government scientist dr anthony fauci — who has suggested a coronavirus vaccine could be approved by end of this year. the daily mail reports that boots is launching a coronavirus testing service — which it says will give results injust 12 minutes. the guardian says the government is under pressure from conservative mps to perform a policy u—turn — after refusing to back down on its decision — not to extend free school meals over the holidays for disadvantaged children in england. and the back page of the metro captures
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an image of lewes hamilton — celebrating after winning a record—breaking 92nd grand prix — and overtaking michael schumacher with the highest number of victories in formula one history that was a quick look through some of those front pages. let's start oui’ of those front pages. let's start our chats. rachel, kick us off with the front page of the metro. yes, what does it say? so, we are talking about the story that's been developing through the day, and that was the suspected hijacking, but we now understand that it was seven stowaways that were on the tanker, it was a liberian registered tanker, greek owned, left legos 20 days ago and then a incident developed off the isle of wight a. that's right. a standoff that was brewing all day and came to its conclusion. they
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basically took over the boat, and we now have seven suspected hijackers detained. specialforces now have seven suspected hijackers detained. special forces were responding to a request from hampshire police earlier today. the boat was behaving erratically and was causing alarm. it's thought that the suspected hijackers were alarming the crew of the boat in some way. the boat was supposed to be arriving in southampton i think tomorrow, but, yes, the incident was brought to a very swift conclusion by special forces earlier this evening. giles, what went through your mind when you saw this story to start to trend? i mean, it's absolutely amazing pictures. it's on the something out of a film scene in the something out of a film scene in the way that the special boat
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service suite into it, and they had every thing sorted and resolved in nine minutes. thankfully they are say. these hijackers are an custody. some amazing detail starting to emerge here that the stowaways may have been on the boat for more than 20 days. that's potentially they got oi'i 20 days. that's potentially they got on in lagos, where they migraines? where were they coming from? what was the motivation behind this? i suspect a lot will come out in the coming days. think fully come amongst all of us, no one has been hurt. yes, rachel, when we turn to the front page of the telegraph, little bit more data there, but the big question now is what is their status? it's one of a few questions, yes. we don't really know. they are stowaways. we don't really know what was going on there on the boats, but they are reported to have become
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threatened, the ship staff, when they were discovered. so presumably they were discovered. so presumably they had managed to remain hidden in all those days that were aboard —— they were aboard the ship. until they were aboard the ship. until they were aboard the ship. until they were found out by the ship's crew. yes, there are many questions that remain to be answered about this come about as we know, everybody is safe. 0k, still on the front page of the telegraph, a story that's, well, what are we talking about some of the hospital, that was it, it made me smile, because i've a lwa ys it, it made me smile, because i've always had my food in hospital served on china, giles? this is a report on the front page of the telegraph, prue leith, the celebrity chef has been reviewing hospital food which let's face it doesn't have the best reputation, she saying that it should be served on china plates. also, it's got to be a fundamental rethink about how they serve food and hospitals. she saying
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that it should be available 24 hours a day, the sandwiches shouldn't be served in cardboard boxes, they should be garnished, that people where possible should eat the food and canteens. it makes a very, sort of, i suppose, obvious but important point, that food is medicine for people getting well again also. so, yes, it all seems eminently sensible. you know, ithink it's true that a lot of hospital food sometimes isn't that great, to be frank. i suppose that's the point, isn't it, rachel? it's more about the quantity and quality for hospital food that people should be concerned about, rather than how it served. it does make a difference, of course it does, but, the actual nutritional value of the food, i would much rather have food that was making me feel better and appetizing to eat rather than whether it came
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delicately presented and with a garnish, i think. 0k, delicately presented and with a garnish, i think. ok, the delicately presented and with a garnish, ithink. ok, the front delicately presented and with a garnish, i think. ok, the front page of the guardian then, giles, johnson facing revolt as tories demand u—turn on school meals. facing revolt as tories demand u-turn on school meals. yes, once again, marcus rash bird, the manchester united football player mounted an effective campaign over free school meals, this sense of whether they should be available during school holidays. it's clods toa during school holidays. it's clods to a huge backlash with the government notjust to a huge backlash with the government not just amongst tory mps, but also tory councils and businesses stepping in. it feels like potentially this is moving towards a government u—turn, governments climb—down, whereby they may have to give way on this issue. obviously, an incredibly emotive topic. marcus rash bird showing how sportsmen can be a force for good and has campaigned, to be fair to him, ina and has campaigned, to be fair to him, in a very measured effect affect what on this. they say it's become quite weapon eyes template is
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sized as well. some people have said that, yes, but it is extraordinary that, yes, but it is extraordinary that the government has got the mood so that the government has got the mood so badly wrong. even a senior tory mp earlier today, sir bernard jenkins, he is quoted in the piece, saying, the government misunderstood the mood of the country. i don't know how out of touch you need to be to not understand that people think that kids shouldn't go hungry in a country that's the fifth largest economy in the world. and what's been really heartening to see is the response from local businesses, local councils, just people stepping in to do the job that the government should be doing, which is to ensure that kids aren't going to school hungry. it's obsolete appalling that it's got this so badly wrong, that it's got this so badly wrong, that it is prepared to see hunger amongst children from her that it's prepared to let that happen without stepping
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in. do you think it would have been more damaging, we don't know if they are facing this revolt over a demand for a are facing this revolt over a demand fora u—turn, are facing this revolt over a demand for a u—turn, would it be more damaging for them not to u—turn? giles? i think it's difficult, the government has got a lot on its plate at the moment. you know, it's dealing with multiple issues across the board. it's easy for people to criticise this, but it does feel like it's moving towards a position where they probably will have to go back on this and give way. the ft, accra two, claims covid is —— the president is claiming a turnaround on covid despite a spike in us cases. yes, he is claiming the opposite of what is actually happening in the us. the ft is reporting that infections have surged, several states reporting record infection levels over the weekend. we are looking at the us,
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220,000 cases of covid, and it has come to dominate this electoral campaign, which is now in its final weeks with the democrats accusing trump of just grossly weeks with the democrats accusing trump ofjust grossly mismanaging the pandemic. we heard today mark meadows, also quoted in the piece, the white house chief of staff said, "we are not going to control the pandemic." i think he was speaking to cnn, but it's obviously a quote that has been instantly picked up across the media, as it seems to be an admission from the trump administration that they are not even trying to get a grip on the coronavirus. giles? iwas speaking to republican strategist earlier today, they said the cake has been baked. it's all about get out, you vote now, for both republicans and democrats, how can they get their respective voters out to the polls
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because mike obviously, the moment, it looks like, you know, biden has got this so—called unassailable lead to come about, of course, we have the situation four years ago, where it was a pathway to victory to donald trump and he got there. it doesn't look good, but i have to say, the biden strategy at the moment is quite risky, because they are basically, you know, they are not campaigning as much, they are trying to limit any gaffes, and it saying, look, i'm not trump, therefore, elect me. this lack of information could backfire. i wouldn't rule out donald trump yep. let's turn to this paper, boxing hopes rise, rachel. yes, doctor faucher, the us medical chief was talking to andrew marr about this vaccine hope, that it might be ready really by the end of this year. now, of course, that has really big
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caveats on it, which is you know, it needs to go through rigorous testing to make sure that it is actually safe to use, having been developed so quickly, far quicker than any other vaccine. and the other thing, of course, is that it doesn't mean that everything is over, because it's going to take several months for it to roll out amid the population. the first stage will be presumably for front line workers in the most honourable. so it's really going to take some time before it has spread to the community to the extent that it could be considered an effective vaccine that would allow us to release the restrictions that we are currently under. giles, what do you make of this? yet, as rachel said, i think it will be earmarked for front line staff which is quite right. i think there are 198 vaccines currently being
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developed at the moment. you know, and effective one is when that seems to protect 50% of people. i think the also the other thing that rachel alludes to their that's incredibly important is when hopefully we do get these vaccines is how do we roll it out and get it to the most honourable populations, and how will that be administered? now, we saw during the pandemic during the first lockdown that many gp surgeries were closed, and people like pharmacists we re closed, and people like pharmacists were on the front line, they played an role in terms of distributing medicine and keeping things going. so, could for instance pharmacies play a role in rolling out this vaccine depending on what it is? certainly that thinking has to go that way about, right, when we get a vaccine, how will we roll this as quickly as possible? because it's going to be in norma's task. talking about speed, gentleman who's made most of front pages of the papers is a certain lewes hamilton, i don't know if you are both fans, but very quickly, rachel, what do you make of this? are you a fan of formula i? no, buti
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this? are you a fan of formula i? no, but i mean, lewes hamilton deserves much respect, yet again, for his achievements today. very quickly, giles? yes, he smashed michael schumacher's all time grand prix wins record. a great news for british sports, something that should be championed and applauded, obviously very different times at the moment. we will leave it there for now. you are both back at 11:30pm sunday. i look forward to that, rachel, giles, thank you very much for now. rachel shabi and giles kenningham will be back at 11:30 for another look at the papers. next it's time for click. goodbye for now.
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hello and welcome to click. i hope you're doing ok. i think it is time for a bit of star power. hello and welcome to click. i hope you're doing ok. i think it is time for a bit of star power. what do you reckon, lara? are you up for a bit of stardust? oh, definitely. now, many a rock star and musician has swapped the mic for a go at being a movie star. madonna has done it, mickjagger has done it, beyonce too. but these days, video games are bigger than music and film combined. so no surprise one of the most famous names have appeared in games. stormzy is one of the most successful names in the music industry right now. but he is going to be swapping his next gig from the stage at glastonbury to the virtual streets of london in a video game. we met stormzy to chat about appearing in a game set in his hometown, and how the art form has grown up and is now tackling material that talks to the troubled times that we live in.
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multi—award—winning rapper stormzy‘s new single rainfall has a video with a bit of a difference. music.
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it features the croydon musician as a video game character performing inside an actual game. i'm about to meet stormzy in the flesh. the game he is appearing in is set in a nearfuture london, and has a third—person action title, watch dogs legion takes place in a dystopian version of a future london, a state controlled by corrupt corporate interests. the player can recruit and control any of the thousands of characters they encounter on london's streets. performing missions that will ultimately bring down the authoritarian regime. all right, everyone! stormzy plays a version of himself and in this fictional world, he is a rapper whose message of resistance is transmitted via a pirated video signal. he spent three days being
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performance captured at ubisoft‘s toronto studio. so, follow the gps, that should take you there. whoa, whoa. stormz, what are you doing? riding recklessly. on the back of horseguards, there. it is so london. is it special being in the game that is set in london? it's the most. i am london. london is me. like i am a proper london boy through and through. and so, it's my city and i love it dearly. it is a big part of me as a man and an artist and my character. this is mad. my bank is up there, literally. if i turn... for people that don't know london, that's coutts and co. the same bank as her majesty the queen! bro, that is me. that is more me than
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a flipping picture. this is mental! stormzy is not the only musician to appear in a video game, he joins a long list of other artists that include the likes of 50 cent. and who could forget david bowie? you are not the first video game player to get your soul trapped. some efforts could be put down to cashing in on star power to shift games. but sometimes it's about an artist experimenting with the new medium. and there are some points of convergence between the two art forms. there is a long history of music being used for protest and to provoke thought about things that are going on in the world today. do you think that video games have the power to do that as well? 100 million percent. any platform, whatever way, shape orform, or whatever mediums we use as creatives and artists, it's a platform to speak
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out against injustice, for it to be like pillars of truth or whatnot. especially with video games. even down to the reach of video games is astronomical. yeah, 100%. especially with the times we are in, anything can be a platform to speak out. away from games and your music career, your bursaries to universities is up and running. how important is it to use your position to do the things that you are doing? i am so blessed. i have so many platforms and so much reach, and i feel that it is my duty and responsibility to share what i have. so there is something wrong, that there is something that we need to think about things a little bit differently? these things are set up to address the uneven and injustices in a lot of these areas of society.
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so, there's so many other people of influence or artists or public figures doing these things to try to just, to uplift those who need it a bit. from best—selling grime artist to glastonbury headliner, and now taking on the world of games. the south london star continues to shine. while microsoft and sony are racing to be crowned champion in the next generation console wars, nintendo has done something very nintendo and said, never mind that ultra high—definition gaming, how about some augmented reality racing cars? this is mario kart live home circuit, which takes the best—selling nintendo game and turns your house into the race track. and the way this works is pretty clever. the kart contains a camera that streams live footage of your living
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room to the nintendo switch console which you use as the remote control. in the box are four cardboard gates. you can set them up around your home in whatever configuration the space will allow you to form your racetrack. the software can recognise the gates as you drive through them, creating the course as you go. you also get cardboard barriers with arrows that help you navigate and are augmented with animations. once you are set up, it's like a regular game of mario kart. there are other characters to race against. there are power ups and weapons to use against them. but it's all taking place in your own living room. you can also race up to four of these karts together to play multiplayer in your living room, if you've got the space, but it will need a nintendo switch console for each one. it goes without saying that you need a fair bit of space to set this up. but you can arrange it in a modest—sized living room and that is because even though on screen it looks like the karts are zooming around the racetrack,
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in the real world, the kart isjust trundling around the living room fairly slowly. it can also make some pretty sharp turns, so you can set it up in a smaller room. although i think you get more out of this with more space. there are some limitations to the software. not all the power—ups work in the way you expect them to in the regular mario kart game. you cannot hold a banana behind your kart to protect yourself from shells. even though bullet bill does steer you around the track automatically, which i think is quite impressive, it cannot detect obstacles, and you end up crashing quite a lot. the augmented reality layer doesn't handle occlusions. so the track is always overlaid on top of the camera feed. so, here the track should disappear behind the table leg, it doesn't, and that means you tend to crash more than you would expect, although that is a part of the madness and when you crash, your character reacts on screen. the big question for all augmented reality applications is how much do you actually get out of this once you are over that initial moment of "this is cool"? most of the players i know
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who are still playing pokemon go have turned off the camera effects because, even though they look cool, they ultimately add very little to the gameplay. and i think that may also be the issue here. but, as with all augmented reality games, how is this better than playing the console game? ultimately, i think it is not. it's just different. it is a different take on mario kart and that's fine. hard to say whether this will have the same enduring appeal as the traditional console game, but mario kart is the best—selling game on the nintendo switch, and if any franchise can take ar mainstream, it is probably mario kart. that was chris, turning his floor into a race track. how cool was that? brilliant. let's go from race tracks in your house to lasers in the sky. back injune, we told you that this laser maestro had been showing his appreciation to carers
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and nhs staff by projecting love and thanks across his home city of brighton. after a trial earlier this month, laser light city is happening this weekend in leeds. with cities under lockdown and local autumn light shows unable to happen, the idea here is that 25 lasers mounted on buildings around the city will put on a show that residents can see regardless of restrictions on social gatherings. seb created all the control software himself. but this is an interactive show, meaning thousands of people were able to log on to a special website and take control of the lasers. changing the colour, shapes and direction of the beams which can be seen up to ten miles away. as the dark nights draw in, seb is hoping he can light up more cities, and bring a little laser sparkle to these unusual autumn evenings. we are normally talking about fireworks at this time of year.
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but i prefer a laser display any day. absolutely. fireworks come with so many noise issues, for animals and for many people as well. it's lasers all the way for us. that's it for the short cut of click. the full—length version is on iplayer and it is waiting for you right now. you can find the team online throughout the week on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter @bbcclick. thank you for watching, and we will see you soon. bye— bye. hello there. i'm sure you don't need me to tell you it's been a very wet weekend across many parts of the uk. behind me, hurricane epsilon.
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—— spinning around an area of pressure. now, behind me we have pressure. now, behind me we have ex—hurricane. that is going to continue to make its way northwards, it's not a hurricane any more, but still an extremely area of deep low pressure, and this is going to drive further outbreaks of rain in our direction, some very brisk winds at times although, be thankful that the centre of the system staying well into single figures, gusts will be in the centre of this term, it will get quite close to 100 mph or even more. windy, but fairly breast net blustery this week with rain at times. a bit mild later after a rather cool start. so sunshine and showers, but those showers initially most plentiful in the west, they tend to migrate eastwards with gusts through the day. some chance of hail and thunder, something dry developing though in northern ireland, wales and the southwest and out as many showers here by the end
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of the day. it's stays the further south you are, but further north, those ease, particularly across scotland. 10 degrees, stornoway for 14, the top temperature in plymouth. now, as we move out of monday and into tuesday, our area of low pressure from the weekend that finally spins away, the showers fade a little temporary ridge of high pressure builds its way, so that's going to come for a time to the early hours of tuesday. quite a chilly start to tuesday, than that kolmar interlude doesn't last long for me can see this rain splashing into the west through the first of the day. this band of rain will then push its way eastwards, and we will have some blustery winds commend those winds travelling along across the atlantic, they are going to impart some very rough seas, could be crashing into west coastal areas. more than likely to hold onto
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brightness during the day, 10—15. as we head into wednesday, this low continues to spin into the northwest to feed further showers or longer spells of rain across the northern isles. temperatures climb, 18—19 on friday.
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this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. spain and italy introduce new emergency measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus. a special forces unit has detained a group of stowaways who threatened the crew of a tanker off the uk's south coast. police in belarus fire stun grenades at protesters calling for the resignation of president alexander lukashenko. and the polls close in chile as the nation votes on whether or not to re—write the country's constitution.

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