tv The Papers BBC News November 13, 2020 11:30pm-12:01am GMT
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donald trump has given his first public acknowledgement that he may not be president afterjanuary. in an address on his government's covid response, he said he would not impose a lockdown, but said he did not know which administration there would be in the future. as the remaining votes in the us election are counted, joe biden is projected to win the state of georgia. lawyers for the trump campaign have dropped a lawsuit challengoing the count in arizona, where mr biden is also on course to be confirmed winner. the most senior adviser to the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has left downing street for the last time. dominic cummings was a key figure behind the successful brexit campaign. india's golden temple has been illuminated with a sea of multicoloured lights as the country gears up for its biggest festival, diwali, this weekend.
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hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are michael booker, deputy editor of the daily express, and faiza shaheen, the director of the centre for labour and social studies, and former labour prospective parliamentary candidate. we will chat in a moment, a quick look first through the front pages, dominated by dominic cummings. the daily telegraph reports dominic cummings was ordered out of downing street for good, after being accused of briefing against the prime minister. according to the times, the departures of lee cain and dominic cummings represent the conclusion of a vicious power struggle at the heart of government. the financial times says the architect of britain's exit from the eu left downing street carrying a cardboard box and a trove of potentially dangerous secrets,
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and quotes a government insider saying they wouldn't be surprised if there's an explosive stunt between now and christmas. the i reports it was a bitter end to life at downing street for dominic cummings, after days of political turmoil as, according to the paper — borisjohnson lost patience with his controversial chief adviser after toxic infighting. while the guardian says the prime minister has been urged to appoint an mp as his permanent chief of staff to help heal deep divisions between him and his backbenchers. the daily mail reports the health secretary has vowed to ring—fence a supply of coronavirus swabs for family visitors to care homes in england in the run—up to christmas. the daily mirror reflects on the victims of the yorkshire ripper, who died today, saying they can now rest in peace. and the yorkshire post also carries pictures of sutcliffe's victims,
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saying his deaths ends one of the most hauntingly notorious chapters in yorkshire's history. 0k, ok, let's begin our chat and start with the guardian. michael, could you kick us off? i'm interested to know, what you think is the legacy? while i'm not sure exactly what the legacy is. to brexiteers, he's the man who got brexit over the line. i think a lot of people who support brexit will think fondly of him for that. there is going to be a lot of people in westminster who are glad he's gone. it sounds like a lot of people in downing street are glad he's gone. if you look at the headline, i think that sums it up for a lot of people — the politicians wanted all to be about them, they're the ones who are elected, we put them in there. we
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don't expect it all to be decided by one guy. and as that headline goes towards, it was getting to a point where it was all about one guy, reading across the papers tonight, it is clear that cabinet ministers we re it is clear that cabinet ministers were being ignored, mps were being ignored, there was a lot of people being cut out of decision—making, and it was coming down to people like dominic cummings going straight to the prime minister or even behind his back and going to michael gove instead. to me, that's not democracy, that's not what we put people in there for. so it looks as if he got a bit too powerful, a bit big for his boots, and he's gone. that picture on the front page of the guardian blessed out there, a lot of the other papers have got that picture on the inside. about an hour ago, that was the picture that was expected when he broke the lock down rules earlier in the year, but the captain on for another six months. in the end i don't think he
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did any good that he was there advising all the way through, because not a lot has gone right ever since he stayed on. so maybe he should've left and they could've lanced the boiled there and then. but he's gone and we will see what happens next. it's interesting that a special adviser is making the front page of national news papers. they are meant to be the men in the. yes, here we are with dominic cummings on the front of the papers, and many in this country haven't forgotten the fallout about dominic cummings at the beginning of his la st cummings at the beginning of his last lock down, getting in his car and driving to durham, and the various stories told at the back of that. there's a lot of anger at people felt boris johnson should've sacked him at that time, and it didn't happen. he's leaving now, the story today is that he's been pushed out suddenly. yesterday we were hearing that he was planning to leave by christmas. we can get very
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drawn into the personal story of dominic cummings, but there are wider implications here. there's a story about what boris johnson is thinking, this is a personal spat. if this is about boris johnson wanting to change tactics in light of biden winning in america, if he wants to go softer or perhaps to tone down on some of the culture war aspects that dominic cummings was very keen on it with brexit and the re st of very keen on it with brexit and the rest of it, there is questions asked if this is a sign that boris johnson will fold on some of the exit deal aspects with the eu. there are questions about what this means going forward. who will replace dominic cummings, the... who will be the new power brokers in number ten, and what does that mean importantly for us, with the rest of the country
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in the middle of a pandemic? what does that mean for how things will be dealt with in terms of track and trace? will that finally be sorted out? what happens with lockdown measures and the vaccine? will that be left in the shambles? what does it mean for the unemployment rate thatis it mean for the unemployment rate that is rocketing up and the various economic implications? and we just haven't had anything this year from government as told from a wider direction. that's what we really need to look for for yesterday's key, what does that mean for the type of government we will have going into 2021? rememberthat type of government we will have going into 2021? remember that a year ago borisjohnson going into 2021? remember that a year ago boris johnson came going into 2021? remember that a year ago borisjohnson came in, and an 80 seat majority. this is been a big fall from grace during this year notjust for dominic big fall from grace during this year not just for dominic cummings, who helped him get that majority, but for the government more widely. let's turn to the front page of the
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daily telegraph. two extra names added to this whole mix. we have carrie symonds, michael gove — carrie symonds, michael gove — carrie symonds, michael gove — carrie symonds is named as one of the reasons that we saw all this dramatic exiting today, but michael gove also a name people are heading to to get things done. what are the objects on this? this has got where the details of the drama that's been going on behind closed doors. it is fairly juicy going on behind closed doors. it is fairlyjuicy stuff, going on behind closed doors. it is fairly juicy stuff, and going on behind closed doors. it is fairlyjuicy stuff, and it does say that what has been claimed on one side is that borisjohnson hasn't been making any decisions particularly quickly, it's alluded to the fact that since his brush with coronavirus, he hasn't been able to make up his mind as much as he used to. what it says in here is that those on cummings aside have been circumventing him, going to
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michael gove instead and then getting decisions made in that way. there's also claims that carrie symonds, the prime minister's fiance, it's been claimed she's been sending up to 25 texts and hours of the prime minister with her thoughts on various policies. i'm sure that won't be denied by her side. itjust goes to show that there is a lot of briefing still going on from both sides, both are trying to get their arguments across. it's clear that borisjohnson has chosen aside, we are told there's two sides, the dominic cummings side with lee cain, and the other side with carrie symonds and downing street. he wants a softer style of governing in the new year, i think obviously once we come through the pandemic, he can't be that combative all the time. and a government like that doesn't last very long, and i think he's realised that. it's only short—term thinking
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to have someone who is like dominic cummings, a disrupter all the time. next year hopefully we are through the pandemic, hopefully the brexit deal is done without any particular pick—ups, and we can get back to normal. i think we would like some quietness in politics, some normality like they seem to be trying to do in america. but i think there will be ongoing rails between there will be ongoing rails between the two, and it's clear that they area bit the two, and it's clear that they are a bit worried about what dominic cummings has in his big box of doom that he's carried out of downing street tonight. turning to the front page of the times, a closer shot of that box of doom, as you referred to it, michael. the front page of the times, "cummings forced out and purge of brexiteers." what do you think of the timing of all this? it's not good timing, is it? it's
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not good timing with the pandemic, but also, and this is set in the article, we still haven't got a brexit deal, and we are going into more negotiations with the eu next week. so it is a shambles in the heart of numberten. week. so it is a shambles in the heart of number ten. rarely do we get this glimpse of the inner workings, and it does feel like that top team that was there when boris johnson was in number ten last year has fallen apart. one of the things we really do to look to know is not just who replaces him, but who else they will let go of? what are the ripple effects of this? because there is a very strong number of people who came in because of their struggle with dominic cummings, brexiteers, strong brexiteers — that was also true of the cabinet that johnson collected, they were chosen for their loyalty. so the ripple effects of this in terms of the staff, who sits at the heart of
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numberten, and the staff, who sits at the heart of number ten, and the power that they have are pretty consequential. one of the things that the telegraph and the times alludes to his dominic cummings doesn't seem to be a good to me to have. if they've parted on bad terms and cummings is annoyed and has all this gossip that he continues to put into the press and brief against borisjohnson, then that will continue to be a problem. he won't go quietly. quickly, final comment on this story, it does raise the question of how was that he was given so much power? well, because they thought he was brilliant, they thought he was this genius with what he did with vote leave and how he powered that campaign, and with the election last year. in the telegraph, it says how it all went to his head and he thought he was as great genius and untouchable. turns out he's not untouchable, and he's out. staying with you, michael, the
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yorkshire post, very powerfulfront page following the death of peter sutcliffe. but we are talking about the mums, sisters and daughters, says the front page. it's treating them humanely, which some of them at them humanely, which some of them at the time when it first happened back between 1975—80, they weren't treated like that, like mums, sisters or daughters. they were treated fairly badly or disregarded as to the seriousness of the crime against them, and how they should be treated. the police today, west yorkshire police, have apologised for that and some of the language used back then, they said it was inexcusable then an excuse —— inexcusable then an excuse —— inexcusable now. they felt they had to say it, and the yorkshire post, the mirror have done a similar front page. no sign of peter sutcliffe himself who, over the years, has
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become this arts figured that spend more of a cartoon. and you've stripped away the evil of what he actually did. when you remember, my family is from west yorkshire and we used to visit the area when i was 5-6 used to visit the area when i was 5—6 around 1980, and i remember there was this trauma across west yorkshire, particularly in leeds and bradford that affected a great number of people. in the express tomorrow, we talked to one lady who's now in her 70s, but back then and still now she looks over her shoulder whenever she leaves the home because it did traumatise that area so home because it did traumatise that area so badly. people wondered if they would be the next victim. tha nkfully they would be the next victim. thankfully there is some closure now with his death, and thankfully those victims are on page one of those papers and we are remembering them, not him. in the late 80s and 90s.
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let's move onto the independent, no mixing indoors after lockdown, says scientists. yes, the sage committee have said after this lockdown we are currently in, which is due to end on the 2nd of december, we cannot go back to mixing freely in our homes, and that's had huge repercussions for christmas. right now people celebrating diwali are also unable to meet their families. but there is a sense that hopefully these things would be over by christmas. boris johnson had said that, and even with this lockdown we are hoping that if we went into lockdown now, we could save christmas. so there will be repercussions for mental health, isolation. this isn'tjust a nice thing to do, a lot of people haven't been able to hug someone all year. and the idea that christmas they won't be able to see their family again is really troubling and deeply
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upsetting, it's been a very difficult year for people. and it's worth saying as well that the stage committee have been clear that the tears haven't worked, and going into these tears that are less stringent doesn't really help to block the infection from spreading. and if we don't want to have a third wave in january, we cannot just don't want to have a third wave in january, we cannotjust open up and act like things are normal for christmas. let's go to the front page of the daily mail, if we could michael. we will show this christmas —— we care this christmas, a pledge by matt hancock. that hancock has spoken to the daily mail, they've been campaigning to get people to see their loved ones over the next month or so in the run—up to christmas. families... it's been particularly bad with care homes, lots of people haven't been able to
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see their loved ones, only seeing them through may be windows or on ipads in many cases where people are not allowed to visit at all. there's this question that's been raised, this question that's been raised, this spare capacity of testing, around 200,000, and the question has been asked by many papers as to why these cannot go into the care homes. matt hancock goes some way to address that, saying there will be a pilot scheme, 20 care homes in which people will be able to get a test and result in 30 minutes, and then you can visit. they will strip away some of the prisonlike conditions of visiting as well to make it more human. hopefully for some families this will work, but there's clearly people who are saying this isn't going far enough, there's this huge spare capacity. clearly hancock must be careful because we are seeing so many deaths in care homes because of the virus, and he clearly doesn't wa nt to the virus, and he clearly doesn't want to be blamed for any more
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outbreaks. so it is clearly very delicate of a situation, but it is moving in the right direction. and again, with what we heard about the vaccine earlier in the week, it's another little bit of hope and a little bit of happiness after a fairly gloomy year. but it won't be eve ryo ne fairly gloomy year. but it won't be everyone wandering into care homes and seeing their loved ones straightaway unfortunately. the focus is all on christmas, isn't it? our final focus is all on christmas, isn't it? ourfinal paper with focus is all on christmas, isn't it? our final paper with your experience within the labour party, it's actually page two of the times. "starmer in control after momentum falls short." your "starmer in control after momentum falls short. " your thoughts? "starmer in control after momentum falls short." your thoughts? this is a story about the elections of the labour party, which is a decision—making party dutch big decision—making party dutch big decision making party. it's not a story about the left having one, but it's a mix. the left, because of what's happened with jeremy corbyn and various different people leaving the party, they actually didn't expect to do as well as they have
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done. but they still don't have a majority. so this is the right and secure starmer can still control that. but those are the ones who have been in the the labour party, it can be frustrating, and mr starmer has to do a great job of making sure there is unity. he was elected on this podium of saying he will push for unity, because the party really does need to focus on what the opposition should be doing, which is looking forensically at what the tories are up to. clearly there are lots of problems at the heart of government, and we can't afford to have our own factional rattles. sorry i couldn't give you less comment on that, michael, but we've run out of time, it's flown by. always nice to see you, and lovely working with you for the first time. thank you very much indeed, thank you. and thank you
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very much for watching from the team here, a very good night, and we will see you shortly. bye. hello, i'm katherine downes at the bbc sport centre with your latest sports news. it's been a busy day at the masters, with players finishing off their first round after yesterday's rain delay, and then heading out onto the course to play their second rounds. much better conditions today, and it's made for a very congested leaderboard. andy swiss reports. augusta as we rarely see it — a first—ever autumn masters. but if the scenery wasn't as colourful as normal, the golf certainly was. rory mcilroy started terribly. that's so bad! oh, my god! and didn't he know it? his hopes seemed sunk. and, although he battled back to finish the day 3—under, that masters title still looks elusive. with no fans, augusta
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was eerily quiet. a shot like cameron smith's would usually be met with a roar. instead, stony silence. the australian was a surprise pacesetter, but others were also rising to the occasion — including england's danny willett, a former champion here and challenging again. the reigning champion is, of course, tiger woods, and he was still hanging in there. oh, my! how has that stayed out? but the shot of the day — well, take a bow, sebastian munoz. oh, he hasn't! a touch of pure masters magic. andy swiss, bbc news. well, as andy mentioned there, danny willett is well placed at seven under par, and he's alongside two other englishmen, justin rose and tommy fleetwood. two days of golf to go, but i think you can only take it one step at a time. and for now, you know, i don't even know what the leaders are on, but i know i'm doing all right.
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yeah, happy. i've played some really good golf, which is confidence—boosting, played really well and, you know, in a really good position, really, moving into the weekend. and for a full leaderboard update, head to the bbc sport website. rugby union's new autumn nations cup has got under way with ireland beating wales 32—9 in dublin. the event, which replaces the usual autumn international tests, saw ireland go over for the first try as quinn roux's score helped the hosts to a 10—point half—time lead. ireland moved further in front before this late effort from james lowe sealed the victory for andy farrell's side. while for wales, it's now six consecutive defeats. and in a blow for the new tournament, france against fiji on sunday is off. the fijians returned six positive covid tests last week — one more on tuesday — and four more cases have come to light in the camp. the match can't be rescheduled, and the outcome of the game will be
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decided by the tournament committee on monday. fiji's next pool game on 21 november against italy could also be injeopardy. i would expect friends to get those points, but it's such a desperate shame for fiji because they were, sort of, one of the star attractions of this competition. without the fijians, you kind of got a six nations—lite, a six nations competition without the tradition and travelling fans. but you throw the likes of fiji into the mix and it gives the tournament a whole new dimension, so it's a desperate pity they are not able to play against france tomorrow. let's hope they can keep this outbreak under control and they can fulfil their fixture against italy next weekend. but it's just the worst possible start for the tournament. liverpool forward mohammed salah has tested positive for covid—19 while on international duty with egypt. he was due to face togo tomorrow in an african cup of nations qualifier. the egyptian federation has said he has no symptoms,
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and the rest of their squad returned negative results. it's unclear how long he'll have to self—isolate for. liverpool's next match is on 21 november. the england women's friendly against norway next month has been postponed due to travel restrictions in the scandinvian country. it's the second successive match the lionesses have had called off, with their game against germany last month cancelled after a member of england's backroom staff tested positive for covid—19. as expected, the premier league has scrapped its controversial pay—per—view experiment. all matches after the international break and throughout the festive period will now be available via one of their regular broadcast partners. aston villa's win at arsenal on sunday was the last pay—per—view match. games had cost £111.95 each, and drawn criticism from a range of fans groups with supporters still locked out of grounds. reverting to the previous broadcast schedule, the match between fulham and everton on 22 november will be shown free—to—air on the bbc.
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challenge cup holders leeds have been eliminated from the super league play—offs after losing 26—14 to catalan dragons. the french side were always in control, racing to an 18—0 first half lead. and, although leeds fought back in the second half, it's the dragons who go on to face st helens next week for a place in the grand final. and great britain are still top of the medal table at the european track cycling championships in bulgaria, after winning two gold medals and one silver on day three. neah evans won her second gold of the championships in plovdiv, adding the women's individual pursuit title to the team pursuit gold she won yesterday, while team—mate laura kenny took silver in the omnium. and matt walls also became a double gold medallist. he'd already won the elimination race. today, he was untouchable in the men's omnium, winning that by 12 points. walls could make it a treble, because he competes in the madison on sunday.
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and that is all the sport for now. hello there. we ended the working week on a fine note. we saw quite a bit of sunshine on friday, but that won't be the case this weekend — it'll be a lot more unsettled thanks to low pressure. it'll be windy for most of us, and there will be spells of heavy rain at times — all courtesy of this new area of low pressure, which will stick around both saturday and sunday, bringing strongest winds to the southern and western areas through the day on saturday, and there'll be bands of rain spreading from south to north across the country. so the rain can be quite heavy in places, maybe a rumble of thunder for england and wales, and very windy around the southwest, around irish sea coasts, up to 55 mph. probably the best of any dryer interludes will be across central northern scotland and northeast england for a time. but a milder day to come, 12—16 celsius across the southeast. but that rain gets into northern and northeastern areas through saturday evening,
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followed by further blustery showers or longer spells of rain moving up from the south. though again, there will be some dryer interludes, but it'll be a blustery night with gusts of wind around 20—30 mph widely, more than that around the southwest — up to 50 mph there. temperature—wise, single—figure values across the north, but again, i think a fairly mild night to come for england and wales. now, as we head on into sunday, here's our area of low pressure to the northwest of the uk, spinning across the country, bringing further bands of pretty heavy rain and strong winds. but it looks like the strongest of the winds on sunday will be across more southern parts of britain, gales running through the channel, 50—65 mph here. bands of rain spreading from west to east, again with some dry, maybe brighter interludes in between. it won't be a complete wash—out. a little bit cooler on sunday, temperatures of 11—14 celsius. now our weekend — the low pressure begins to slip away as we had on his next week. a brief ridge of high pressure
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for a while before this next feature starts to run in, bringing strong winds and some rain through the day. so we could start a dry and bright across most of the country, away from northern scotland on monday. but then it goes downhill through the day with more rain piling into southern scotland, northern ireland, england, and wales. those temperatures will range from around 9—12 celsius. now as we move through the week, it stays changeable with further spells of rain, followed by sunshine and showers. then there's a chance that all areas will be turning much colder by the end of the week.
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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm lukwesa burak. president trump says he won't put the us into lockdown, despite a surge in covid—19 as he comes close to admitting he's leaving the white house next year. i will not go. this administration will not be going through a lockdown. hopefully whatever happens in the future, who knows which administration will be? i guess time will tell. joe biden wins the state of georgia, putting increasing pressure on mr trump to admit he lost the presidential election. the uk prime minister's most senior adviser, dominic cummings, quits hisjob after days of turmoil within the government. loss and grief in nagorno karabkh. we have a special report from the disputed region
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