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hello and welcome to our second look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the author and journalist rachel shabi and the conservative commentator tim montgomerie. lovely to have you both back. so let's start with some of the front pages. the telegraph reporting that families could be allowed to meet at least two other households at christmas, with ministers in talks about easing restrictions over the festive period and giving people up to five days of freedom. the daily mail has the same story, writing that families will be allowed to meet up at christmas but it may result in a further month of lockdown. the paper also features an image of bbcjournalist martin bashir, as it's announced prince william has welcomed an investigation into the panorama interview with his mother, princess diana. the guardian reports a senior

home office employee resigned due to complaints of racism and discrimination in the department's schemes which were set up to address the windrush scandal. the paper leads with the news that borisjohnson has agreed a four—year £16.5 billion increase in defence spending, despite the financial pressures of the pandemic. the daily express says it's a double dose of good news, with two coronavirus vaccines producing promising results. the times reports the first coronavirus vaccine could be ready for use within weeks after pfizer said its version was more effective than it initially thought. the paper also has the story that borisjohnson has made the largest investment in the military since the cold war. and on the topic of money, the financial times writes that the chancellor, rishi sunak, is facing the worst hit to public finances since world war ii.

so those are the papers. we are going to begin, and we are going to begin with finances. he will come u nto begin with finances. he will come unto christmas and coronavirus in the moment, but we are going to start with the daily telegraph and this larger spent in defence spending since the cold war, tim, because in the past paper review, he pointed out it is interesting, it is not just the pointed out it is interesting, it is notjust the kind of things that pointed out it is interesting, it is not just the kind of things that you think about, they are also talking about space and cyber defence projects, artificial intelligence agency and also the creation of possibly 40,000 newjobs. absolutely. and i i am 50 years old and have really grown up in a world where america britain, europe have been supreme in defence, we have not had to worry about another part of the world beating us in any form of defence technology, but there are a lot of strategic thinkers in the world of defence worry that in

increasingly rich china, for example, and it shoots expenditure ona example, and it shoots expenditure on a lot of new technologies, a lot of investment in space means that that whole great new realm, potentially, of warfare could see china having supremacy. and in a world where we depend so much on things like satellite technology, not being in command or not at least able to defend our interests in space could be very dangerous, so this very big investment at a time when the government does not have very much money to spend at all, if any, £4 billion extra a year for defence means that we can invest in the sort of cyber and space and other sort of new technologies that will mean britain and the west generally is able to fight for its interests in a world that might not be so friendly in a decade or two

time. a real investment, putting money down now to secure oui’ time. a real investment, putting money down now to secure our future interests. the times, rachel, also focusing on this £16 million spending spree cub but it also touches on that it is at the expense of foreign aid spending, and as tim was suggesting, this is not exactly a time when the government is flush with cash. exactly. it seems there was a bit of a tussle about this subject between the defence department as well as the treasury and the government, but i think it will raise some eyebrows. this talk of space command and cyber isjust so of space command and cyber isjust so much of space command and cyber isjust so much nonsense. of space command and cyber isjust so much nonsense. it is hot air. even some of the civil servants quoted in some of these pieces have been rubbishing some of these ideas, though i would take all of those with a very large pinch of salt coming from this government that likes big empty talk without much substance, but yes, you are right, i think it will raise eyebrows, this

prioritisation of defence and what it has come of the expense of. a lot of people wonder whether it is come at the expense of the international aid budget, which aids have always said that it was not a zero—sum game, that the uk could always afford this. but also it won't spend oi'i afford this. but also it won't spend on free school meals for children, it won't spend on raising the level of sick pay for all of us we can self—isolate if we need to, it won't spend on increasing universal credit. there are things that are much more urgent, i think, and much higherup the much more urgent, i think, and much higher up the queue, such that it does make this look like grandstanding and little else. it's interesting. because the ft is also focusing on, we are talking about

the cold war and the fact that boris johnson is spending more on defence since the cold war. the financial times is now looking at what rishi sunak‘s times is now looking at what rishi suna k‘s facing, times is now looking at what rishi sunak‘s facing, or as public finance since the second world war, tim —— worst public finance. as we touched on earlier, is not a time when there isa on earlier, is not a time when there is a lot of money, and we have got the chancellor delivering his financial statements week to the house of commons —— next week. it is interesting time given the pandemic. it is very difficult situation. despite the unfair things rachel shared with your viewers, actually, the reason why the government is in such a difficult fiscal position is that it has been increasing things like universal credit, it has been spending an enormous amount of money protecting the british public from the worst excesses of the terrible pandemic, but we have all been living through, and the numbers that

we re living through, and the numbers that were revealed in this ft article, gdp, the national income level and by 11% in the last year, meaning that even by the time of the next election, 2024, £60 billion of revenue will be lost to the british chancellor, to the british exchequer. that is £60 billion that will not be spent on cancer treatments or the schools or 100 100 things that normally a british government will want to spend money on, so it is a very difficult situation, and of course is difficult situation already without knowing whether we might be having further lockdowns and further very tricky economic times in the months coming into the new year, so we will get a statement from rishi sunak, the chancellor, next week on the kind of tough decisions that he will be taking in these early stages of this economic crisis, but i think we

will be used to these very difficult economic statements for years to come because of the awful year that we have all just live come because of the awful year that we have alljust live through. come because of the awful year that we have alljust live throughm come because of the awful year that we have alljust live through. it is always, will be love about our paper review is that there is a tendency for you guys to have very different views, but what you did not say, tim, you did not blame it on the previously direct government... —— the previous labour government.“ you would give me time! let's let rachel come back on what rishi sunak was a next week. do not encourage him! tim is right. this is a horrible forecast and we are going to be dealing with this for years to come. these figures are awful... it has to be said, the government's handling of this pandemic has made the finances worse, the fact that we are limping from locked onto lockdown without an effective test and trace system to alleviate that.

it has meant it is worse for the uk, as well as the higher cost of precious human life, so let's acknowledge that first of all, but the second thing is that it then begs the question, what does the government to about it? and as we can see from this piece in the ft, i am not really sure the government knows how to respond. rishi sunak is saying, we cannot possibly raise taxes even in this dire situation. taxing the highest earners seems to mea taxing the highest earners seems to me a reasonable response in normal times, never mind a pandemic, but on top of that, what we need to see now is big system change from the government, restructuring of a skill that ijust do not think that they have the imagination or the wit to produce, so we look at things like borisjohnson produce, so we look at things like boris johnson announcing a green industrial revolution, which is straight up nicking a policy term from the labour party, the difference is that the labour party

x—ray has a blueprint for that policy. johnson hasjust x—ray has a blueprint for that policy. johnson has just wave x—ray has a blueprint for that policy. johnson hasjust wave some money around which turns out is insubstantial, especially when compared to the tens of billions that a country such as france and germany has spent, but it is also ill targeted. just recently, tuc research showed that proper spend on green investment could produce 1.2 million good jobs by 2022, good sta ble million good jobs by 2022, good stable secure jobs. so this is really about the kind of rewiring of an economic system, deep change. i just don't see that this government has the capability or the necessary understanding to produce. in a way, it is quite good you guys are remote today, because i think there will be fisticuffs in the studio if you are both here! thanks to this dreadful virus, we should do all of us remotely. let's leave that one side,

go to the daily mail, because a p pa re ntly go to the daily mail, because apparently christmas is back on but, tim, ata apparently christmas is back on but, tim, at a cost. absolutely, and that they cost policymakers are still processing. we had those awful numbers in the financial times about the financial outlook, and here are some more difficult numbers for people watching today, that is for every one day we get to spend with loved ones over the christmas period, medical experts are saying we might have to give up five in the new year by way of extra lockdown, to compensate for the potential exchange of a virus that we would introduce by having that festive period. so the governments of england, scotland, wales and northern ireland, which is aiming to co—ordinate, which is good because lots of families live across the borders of the four nations of the uk, and so coordination is vital if we are to have christmas together,

and lots of cases, talking of giving us and lots of cases, talking of giving us five days to enjoy over christmas but i could mean a 25 de lock out in january. that will be 25 days of economic heartache for businesses —— that could mean a 25 day lockdown. many businesses will not survive those 25 days of lockdown, so the chases down actresses we are having to make —— so those choices we having to make our difficulty to we have the vaccines coming online. we wa nt to have the vaccines coming online. we want to see a normal christmas combo we need to be careful. the daily telegraph, the repercussions, reactions continue to serve keir starmer, labour's leader, his decision not to restore the web to jeremy corbyn. sir keir starmer is facing fury from the left over this decision. yes, that is right. he has

had a very strong response from mps to the left of the party, as you say. dozens of them have written to them in protest. look, this is a situation where think the leader and the next leader, the former leader, both made things worse in different ways with their actions over the la st ways with their actions over the last few weeks. i want to be absolutely clear i think the statement jeremy corbyn released absolutely clear i think the statementjeremy corbyn released on the day of the report into labour anti—semitism was wrong. it was not just ill—advised or badly timed or strategically inapt, it was wrong, morally and politically wrong, because while that is perfectly true, i think, because while that is perfectly true, ithink, that because while that is perfectly true, i think, that anti—semitism because while that is perfectly true, ithink, that anti—semitism in labour has been exaggerated, i think the potential for that statement to be misheard by people who are ready printed nihilism and the potential for it to be misheard as, are you saying jewish people inside labour

exaggerated the context where those same jewish people facing anti—semitism were constantly accused of exaggerating, ijust think it was a not smart statement to sean that day. but i also think that starmer's reaction is not smart either. the complaints committee has found that corbyn, he was given a warning but he was reinstated into the party, and so for keir starmer to then say, i am removing the web, lam keeping to then say, i am removing the web, i am keeping the whip withdrawn, just seems nonsense. it is also wrong. it does not make any sense. it looks vindictive. it has plunged the party into this endless factional war, at a time when goodness knows there are better things for the opposition to be focused on, but also, on top of everything, it isjust fuelling even more misunderstanding and confusion about anti—semitism, so it is

incredibly infuriating to watch... wasn't she forced into it, rachel? 24 hours ago, he did not want to withdraw the whip from jeremy corbyn, he did not mention that in a statement yesterday, but it was the threat of resignation from other labourmps, if he threat of resignation from other labour mps, if he did not take tough action against germany corbyn, that forced him to do this, so he has the left wing: for him to reinstate jeremy corbyn on one side and other mps worried about anti—semitism in the labour party forcing him to take another decision. it is almost impossible for him to find a way forward on this. listen, i think that there are threats of mps to resign permanently, there have been for the last few years, but ultimately he has to do what is politically and morally right. that's the thing that ultimately is going to bring unity to the party.

have some principle, stick to your principles, do what is right in the occasion rather than be battered in one direction and then the other. that to me does not show strong leadership, nor does it show a desire to unify the party, which is ironic in that that was one of his main pledges in the leadership election earlier this year, which he won. thank you, both. let's get some good news. let's move the metro. tim, let's bring you into this one. perpetual uk covered miracle — the twins that were born via c—section after this nhs consultant was put into a coma —— covid miracle. after this nhs consultant was put into a coma -- covid miracle. this isa into a coma -- covid miracle. this is a wonderful story. it must have been a wonderful story for the initials workers going through that period and this is a story about an

nhs doctor who was in a coma for an extended period, and twins were born to her through a cesarean emergency section three months before they we re section three months before they were actually due to be born, naturally, and the picture on the front of the metro is a very happy mum, two beautiful children who were born. all of the wonders of modern adequate technology seems to be the su btext of adequate technology seems to be the subtext of this story, and, yes, we live in horrible times, but whether it is the vaccines that are coming online because of the on genuity of pharmaceutical companies or the rescue of these two twins, there are two tonic good things happening —— they were good stories happening in the road of medicine. in that's case, rachel, let's get the last word on the twins. they seem to be doing well. good news story to and

on tonight, rachel. absolutely full of beautiful, heart—warming story, beautiful stories, and tim is right. it does speak to the wonders of medicine and the wonders what the nhs is able to do despite all the horrors of the pandemic and everything else that it has been thrown its way. to have this outcome, in this story, is absolutely wonderful and i just wish that family all the very best of health going forward. yes, we wish them all the very best. and isn't it wonderful to have you to agree and finish the papers collegially and in a positive fashion? thank you so much, guys. it's been an absolute pleasure. rachel, tim, have a wonderful evening, what's left of it. thank you for watching.

hi there. good evening, i'm chetan pathak with your sports news. we start with the nations league, where phil foden scored twice as england ended their campaign with a 4—0 win over iceland at wembley. it's been a good night for wales, too, but there was disappointment for scotland, who missed the chance to win theirgroup, whilst northern ireland had to settle for a draw. rounding up the fortunes of the home nations, here's our sports correspondent andy swiss. a big night for wales' biggest star. gareth bale's team were facing finland, and they were soon in control. finland'sjere uronen sent off, and wales took advantage, bale setting up harry wilson to put the hosts ahead at half—time. and after it, danieljames extended their lead in some style. finland did pull one back, but kieffer moore sealed wales'3—1win. it means they finish top of their nations league group, and it could mean a play—off spot for the next world cup. not a bad night's work.

for scotland, though, there was disappointment. they also had a chance to top their group, but a superb finish from manor solomon gave israel the lead. and despite some chances, scotland were beaten 1—0. after qualifying for the euros last week, no celebrations this time. in belfast, meanwhile, around 1,000 fans watched northern ireland against romania. the hosts were already relegated from their group, but they took the lead through liam boyce. they couldn't hang on, though. and a late goalfrom romania's eric bicfalvi secured a 1—1 draw. as for england, well, they also only had pride at stake against iceland, and they soon found plenty of it. declan rice putting them ahead before mason mount doubled their lead before the interval. it was all very straightforward. two second—half goals from phil foden sealed a 4—0 win — england ending their autumn campaign on a high. andy swiss, bbc news.

it looks like liverpool are going to be without mo salah for their next two games, following a second positive coronavirus test result whilst on international duty with egypt. due to self—isolation rules, salah will likely be unavailable for liverpool's premier league match at home to leicester on sunday and next wednesday's champions league group game against atalanta at anfield. clubs in the english football league will be able to use five substitutes a match for the rest of the season. the new rule comes into place from friday, following discussions with all 72 clubs. there are fears of player burn—out this season. the new ruling doesn't apply in the efl cup, though, and it's still only three substitutes allowed in the premier league. glasgow city have reached the last 32 of the women's champions league after beating icelandic side valur.

the game went to penalties afterfinishing1—1 in reykjavik. it took 12 spot—kicks in the shoot out to separate the sides, with glasgow ultimately going through 4—3. the government's expected to confirm a rescue package tomorrow of emergency funding consisting of grants and loans for sports impacted by the absence of spectators at venues due to the pandemic. both rugby codes and horse racing will be among the main beneficiaries. premier league and efl football won't be among the recipients, though, with the government saying the sport is wealthy enough to support itself. and tennis. world number one novak djokovic has a fight on his hands to reach the semi finals of the atp finals in london, after losing to daniil medvedev tonight. this win for medvedev — which he sealed in straight sets — guarantees his spot in the last four, whilst djokovic, who's aiming to win this event for a record—equalling sixth time, faces a straight fight against alexander zverev

for the second qualifying spot. they meet on friday, with zverev having beaten diego schwartzmann earlier. england's cricketers will visit pakistan for the first time in 16 years next 0ctober, following the announcement of two t20 internationals. the tour‘s going to serve as a build—up to the twenty20 world cup in india that's scheduled to start in the same month, and comes as international cricket gradually returns to pakistan following that attack on the sri lanka team bus in 2009. england all—rounder moeen ali has welcomed the decision and says it's a big step for international cricket. the teams that came over, west indies and pakistan, last year were amazing to have gone through the whole bubble. and obviously after the coronavirus, the pandemic and all this news that cricket was obviously on the edge, they helped massively with that, so i think it's... i think it was probably going to happen anyway, but i think it's right that we go

back after such a long time, one, for the game itself, but also for pakistan and the cricket in that country. next, the welsh rugby union's named the ex—usa women's assistant sevens coach warren abrahams as wales women head coach. she becomes the wru's first black national coach and takes charge with immediate effect, whilst former wales captain rachel taylor has been appointed as the full—time women's national skills coach. ireland have made four changes for this weekend's autumn nations cup game against england. ross byrne returns to the team — he'll earn his ninth cap as he takes the place of injured captain johnny sexton, who pulled his hamstring in last week's win over wales. he gets the nod over billy burns, who's on the bench alongside jacob stockdale, who's recovered from a calf strain. and defending championjudd trump has hit a maximum 147 break at the northern ireland 0pen.

the world number one made the clearance during his comfortable 4—0 victory in the second round over 16—year—old gao yang. it's the fifth maximum of trump's career. ronnie 0'sullivan was also among today's other winners. and that is all your sport for now. from me and the team, good night. hello there. much colder today than it has been of late thanks to an arctic blast, but this arctic blast is going to be quite brief because milder air looms in the atlantic and will arrive on friday for many areas. so today, cold. it will be windy as well to start with, and we'll have a mixture of sunshine and showers. the pressure chart shows why it's windy — northerly winds, lots of isobars across northern and eastern areas, hence the gales — but this ridge of high pressure will continue to nudge in through the course of the day, so the winds becomes lighter and will also kill off many of the showers, too. behind me there is that milder air with the frontal system that will start to make

inroads on friday. so, today starts cold, windy, gales across northern and eastern areas, wintry showers continuing across scotland. these will tend to ease down. and we'll have some showers across england and wales, these becoming confined towards the south east. many places seeing a lot of sunshine into the afternoon. the cloud will start to thicken up, though, across northern ireland ahead of this next frontal system. a chilly day to come, much colder than of late. temperatures are 4—10 degrees, but when you factor in the wind, certainly across northern and eastern areas, it's going to feel much colder than those values suggest, perhaps even subzero across central and eastern scotland. now, as we head on into tonight, it turns cold across central and eastern areas with a touch of frost. rain will start to push in to western areas. could see a few showers moving in ahead of it. and these will be wintry with some snow over the scottish hills as it bumps into the cold air. temperatures slowly recovering out west with the rain, but it stays quite chilly further east.

but that cold air gets pushed out of the way as we head through friday, as the milder west to south—westerly winds move in off the atlantic. so it's a chilly start across northern and eastern areas, dry, too, but the rain out west will slowly spill its way eastwards. could see some transient snow over the scottish mountains as it moves its way eastwards. behind it, it turns a little bit drier for northern ireland, for wales and the south west of england by the end of the day. and here, at the end of the day, it'll be much milder — 12—13 degrees. still fairly chilly across the east — 9—11 degrees. now, as we head on into the weekend, it stays pretty unsettled. low pressure to the north of the uk, higher pressure to the south. across the north, it's going to be windy with gales on saturday across scotland with some showers, but lighter winds for england and wales, perhaps one or two showers on sunday. i think it's going to be mild for many of us on saturday. turns colder, though, across the north of the uk on sunday.

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