tv The Papers BBC News January 11, 2021 11:30pm-12:01am GMT
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this is bbc world news, the headlines us democrats have introduced a resolution to impeach president trump, with a single charge of "incitement of insurrection", for his role in capitol hill attack last week. the speaker, nancy pelosi, said mr pence should respond to their demand within twenty—four hours. the head of the national guard is authorized to deploy up to fifteen thousand troops in washington, to bolster security forjoe biden‘s inauguration on january the twentieth. the fbi says that armed protests are being planned.
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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the author & journalist rachel shabi and sebastian payne, the whitehall editor of the financial times. tomorrow's front pages, starting with the daily mirror accuses the prime minister of causing confusion over lockdown rules — after going for a bike ride, seven miles from downing street. the times reports that britain's most senior police officer has said it is preposterous that anyone could be unaware of the need to follow lockdown rules and served noticethat those who ignore them will be challenged and fined. while — according to the guardian — the police have set themselves up for conflict with ministers by insisting they will not enforce mask—wearing in supermarkets.
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the metro carries a warning from the government that lockdown will get tougher unless people stop ‘mingling' by chatting to friends in shops. meanwhile, the daily mail says borisjohnson is under pressure to increase social distancing — with leading members of the ‘sage‘ scientific advisory panel wanting the measure raised to ‘two metres plus‘. according to the ‘i' — the nhs may offer vaccinations around the clock to reach the target of immunising 15 million people most at risk from covid in the uk by the middle of next month. the daily telegraph also says ministers are under pressure to expand the covid vaccination programme. and the financial times reports that angela merkel has criticised twitterfor banning the us president from its platform, calling it a "problematic" breach of the "fundamental right to free speech". so, let's begin.
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we've got the times and now and shall we start there was make police finding the lockdown refusing. shall we start there was make police finding the lockdown refusingm saying that is preposterous that anyone should still be unaware of the need to follow lockdown rules andi the need to follow lockdown rules and i suspect that is preposterous because most people do know what the rules are. and most people are compliant. we have cemented the statistics from regular polling from the office of national statistics and shown very, very high compliance and shown very, very high compliance and it is not the case that giant hoards of us are engaged in gambling in basements were hosting house parties and unlicensed rates. although they are saying that a tiny minority who are doing that will be
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served notice and challenged and fine. but i think we are in danger of focusing too much on this which is just not the case. the rules in themselves is that the lockdown is not strict enough and that nurseries are still open and that essential workers are working hard to find one in six schools and 30% attendance because they are with children of an essential workers and their not being supported financially and isolating when they need to. those are the issues and not a lack of public compliance. the issue of police around the country is increasing, hasn't it, as they have to ta ke increasing, hasn't it, as they have to take into account all of these various tiers of lockdown. what
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about the prioritisation of the police for vaccination? there are issues there are they with absenteeism. there is a balance here that clearly shows a lot of confusion. people are not really sure what they can or cannot do and they do not blame them at all. on they do not blame them at all. on the other hand, there is a lot of fatigue that this is the third time we have been through this and it is cold, dark and people are fed up. the only freedoms they have from time to go to the shops walk around the streets with a friend. and people do need to be aware that they do think there needs to be better public education from the government as to how coronavirus spreads the damage that can be done even if you dojust break damage that can be done even if you do just break the damage that can be done even if you dojust break the rules damage that can be done even if you do just break the rules around the edges because i think that is the issue, not mass graves or gatherings, it is easier for the police to clamp down on those, it is not quite doing everything they could come it feels like there's a lot of low hanging fruit that could
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be picked to try to improve compliance. in terms of the police financier, they've had the powers to do this ever since the emergency coronavirus legislation came in earlier this year. and there is a balance to be had because the needs public consent for these rules and thatis public consent for these rules and that is obviously due to, this and there are instances where there are a gracious preachings of the rules and they should come down hard on them and that is where the focus should be. it should be on the message of here are the rules, explain them as clearly as possible, to comply with them because we are about to go through them in the next couple weeks of the nhs is seeing and many many decades, if ever and people need to do everything they can to stop the spread of the virus evenif can to stop the spread of the virus even if it means a bit more of a miserable time at home. you are nodding vigorously when he was speaking there. let's go on to the mall. is that something that would help, do you think? well, you know
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what? i think sebastian is right when he says the public awareness and the public information is the bit that is askew here. it should be two metres in idle for one metre, which is what i think it is now. at the awareness of how the virus spreads is something that has not been front and centre of the public messaging. we do not know that much about aerosols, it's not really drilled in about that. and in that situation, doesn't matter how far away you're standing from someone, what matters is ventilation so that the aerosols can escape and so, information like that i think it's really important and i also think we are fatigued and the public, it has been confusing. we have been in three lockdowns, we've been in tears and different people have follow different rules at different times. public trust is frayed over the comings of the last summer and that
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was the big event that people still site is the reason for loss of trust and there is a lot more that the government could do in terms of public messaging and there is much, much more important than parading people over minor infringements that are people over minor infringements that a re really people over minor infringements that are really down to perhaps confusion more than anything else. looking at the telegraph here, the good news stories the role of vaccination programmes and the government was saying there was no clamour, used for the vaccination centres to be kept open over the afternoon. are think went have to move on that was? isa think went have to move on that was? is a supposed depends on the vaccination centres. it was close to london, with much more than his metropolitan locations, perhaps opening later in the middle of surrey or somewhere? to speed up the roll—out as opposed to necessary
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getting a call at four in the morning to go and get a vaccination people are fed up with his lockdown and vaccinations are what we saw today and its delivery programme is hitting ambitious target of hitting this many people by the end of march quite soon after that and it does seem as though they're getting on track with that but currently vaccination is around 200,000 people a day and that needs to be around 300,000 people a day to hit that mid—february target and the government to sink it absolutely is throwing everything at this, the army, the whole nhs and 50 max vaccination centres 1600 local vaccination centres 1600 local vaccination spots as well as hospitals. there clearly is a plan there. this question about 24 our vaccination is a bit of a red herring to me because it's not that that's open enough it's about
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getting the vaccines process because this is a terrific amount of medicine that needs to be produced but not only does that put safety checked and that is the issue that once the vaccines are produced, they have to go through this process of and that is a very delicate process and that is a very delicate process and that is her capacity is lacking and that is her capacity is lacking and we saw them the delivery document today and the government is trying to expand the capacity and i think having vaccination centres open isn't going to solve that, is about scaling that and i'm sure that will go to seven day week vaccinations and thus be long and i'm not sure getting up in the middle of night will really help anyone, it's about getting this supplied as quickly as possible and i think over supplied as quickly as possible and ithink over2 supplied as quickly as possible and i think over 2 million a week is pretty impressive and should get us into a much better place by the spring. speaking to a guest half an hour ago from new york was saying that the roll—out there has been pretty bumpy. and a lot of the pfizer vaccine actually going to waste just because the conditions weren't right. but this promise
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today, and hope from the government, just going back to the times that the vaccine for the over 50s by april is overpromising and that is what they've been accused of the prime minister in particular in recent months? yes, britain is doing pretty well, it is like where the top of the global tables in terms of roll—out and there is that data and we become a bit fatigued over these grand declarations and just really bad management for public expectations and it's worse to raise peoples hubs and then crush them and continue to do that, that's going to a road of trust and it is going to bring about more fatigue and more despair and bring about more fatigue and more despairand so, i bring about more fatigue and more despair and so, i think again it's the public information. if this is going to happen, what are the plans
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actually? roll them out, the governmentjust doesn't roll—out a meaty document today we keep them informed exactly how this going to happen, the more sort of cohesive and the trust that you have for the public and these things being rolled out. let's look at the metro. we have is rituals pointing out, the compliance is very high, visited? for the visuals of the moment. 90% plus. indeed it is and i think the fa ct plus. indeed it is and i think the fact is that this new lockdown... sebastian, we just briefly lost you. you have come back, go on. can you hear me? keep on talking. the locked honestly been in place for a week and it usually takes much longer to actually get a sense of whether it
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has been successful or not. ten to 14 days worth of data to see if it's starting to halt infections which is a knock on effect of hospitalisations and that is why it is widespread and why people are not adhering to it the same way the focus seems to have gone down on people using their daily exercise to socialise. i do not know anyone personally who was doing that at any age and so, possibly overhyped but clearly, the government is fearful and we should remember that we are dealing with the new variant of covid—19. this is not the same period that we had in the first to lockdowns and the lockdowns to tackle that. it is unknown whether the message will be tackled, this third lockdown, it has been lots of chats about what additional measures can be taken if the lockdown isn't bringing down infections fast enough to save the nhs and the governments of supporting childcare bubbles will remain in place but i think there's extra things in terms of masks, in
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terms of supermarkets, in terms of shots but i think they were take another week of waiting to see what happens and everyone is trying to get evan to comply as much as possible and i agree, do not think there is widespread flouting of this and the seriousness of the situation. it is clear that he could bea situation. it is clear that he could be a little bit tighter in terms of compliance the edges. the mirror along with other places, the president on his —— the prime minister on his bike when he was spotted cycling at the olympic park in east london. the mirrors headline saying just get a grip. borisjohnson causing headline saying just get a grip. boris johnson causing confusion headline saying just get a grip. borisjohnson causing confusion over going for a bike ride seven miles from number ten. how going for a bike ride seven miles from numberten. how big going for a bike ride seven miles from number ten. how big a deal is this, do you think? on the scale of terrible failings, not that high, let's be honest. cycling seven miles away from your home sounds to me
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like it is within the rules of exercise. if you're cycling and walking over the space of an hour, you get quite far then presumably, is ok. you should not be penalised for being a fast walker. the other question is did he cycle all the way there was a delivered david cameron like? ina there was a delivered david cameron like? in a car? indeed, buti there was a delivered david cameron like? in a car? indeed, but i would be reluctant to pour over boris johnson bicycle exploits when there are so many more johnson bicycle exploits when there are so many more important things to be focused on that he has failed on and continues to fail on, test and traits, for instance, that would make a much bigger difference if the government got a grip on that. we are not quite sure which bicycle it was. the, anyway, i'm getting lost in bike details. let's look at the guardian. because
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they, i think it is the eighth paper, actually. having the story about the reading murderer, the life sentence given to him to day and mornings given about this and this does appear to be opening up really, the lack of control and preparation for somebody when warnings have been given about the potential crimes that this man was going to commit. indeed and this is always the unfortunate case you seen these incidents where the home office has to track so many different people and security services at any different time and i think that there is evidence that the guardian has in the front page that the reading refugee support group who had dealings with this individual has made specific warnings with regards to his health and profession
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professions and he was sentenced —— probation. he was sentenced but this will be difficult for the services when they are tracking so many different people at certain times. but there has been a pattern in terror attacks or did suggest that they are struggling with that. terror attacks or did suggest that they are struggling with thatm terror attacks or did suggest that they are struggling with that. it is a real tragedy. so many of warnings we re a real tragedy. so many of warnings were issued about this person that he would, but he did not receive the appropriate support for the severe mental health issues, that he would commita mental health issues, that he would commit a violent crime is just tragic that it did indeed come to pass and three people tragically lost their lives. the final paper, strategy and the ft. attacking the ban on donald trump as breach of free speech. very
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complicated issue. europe, the united states and big tech companies at odds on this, but that the publishers or not. just talk us through what germany does differently and how important this intervention is by angle merkel. differently and how important this intervention is by angle merkelm follows the intervention by uk ministers as well. telling the bbc yesterday that he was concerned about the decision to ban donald trump from twitter, not just that but banned for life, so it is really closed off that outlet and so the comments from angle merkel should be seen within the context that germany has very restrictive laws on social media, has its own domestic moderator who looks over these things in germany also has very tough laws against hate speech as well. it's a very different situation. this feeds into a debate that has been going on for a good
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ten years now since facebook and twitter had become dominant. are they publishers, are they like us of they publishers, are they like us of the ft are broadcasters like bbc which is they are responsible for all of the content that goes up on that platform. so far, most of the tech companies of that said no, not really. and they just tech companies of that said no, not really. and theyjust sat back and met also it's a disgusting file content spread across the platform and doing very little to moderate it. that is gradually increased over the past couple of years and twitter has really gone into being a publisher because of you remember when donald trump disputed the election results with totally unfounded claims of electoral fraud, they started marking his tweets saying that there was no evidence of this and then banned them from their platforms. when looking at tech regulation, these companies are no doubt going to have the demands that go with them and that means editing, that means controlling hate speech,
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and challenge sexual abuse material. it is very complex stuff and i think twitter and facebook are not only ready for that, but they have been crossed and this is a big moment with the joe biden administration coming in, they are looking at big antitrust lawsuits against these tech firms in the could be broken up and again, this question of how the published material is going to be into that. it's very interesting debate that's only going to get more complicated for years in the us and uk teams. we've been squeezed again. 40 seconds from you, but where you stand on this? i think it is very interesting debate and highlights the depiction that the us and europe have different approaches. angle merkel is suggesting a much more eu approach which is that the regulators, that it should be about hate speech and incitement by law so thenit hate speech and incitement by law so then it becomes a matter of national law that is enforced by these tech
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giants and rather than the tech giants and rather than the tech giants having the power to decide that for themselves and that is quite a key distinction. thank you very much. that's it for the papers this hour. good evening. i'm chetan pathak with your sports news. we start in scotland where celtic have lost yet more ground in the title race. missing 13 players, as well as manager neil lennon following a positive coronavirus test in the squad, they've been held to a 1—1 draw by hibs. david turnbull‘s spectacular free kick had put celtic ahead with only nine minutes remaining, which looked like giving them a much needed boost after the fall out of their ill—fated training camp in dubai, which led to defender
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christopherjullien testing positive for covid—19. but kevin nisbet struck in stoppage time to level for hibernian. celtic are now 21 points behind leaders rangers, with three games in hand. west ham survived an fa cup scare against national league side stockport county tonight, needing a goal in the last ten minutes to send them through to the fourth round. little to get excited about on the pitch — but fireworks off it meant the game was briefly stopped by referee mike dean in the first half due to an impromptu display over edgeley park. in very wet conditions, it always looked like a set piece might settle things, and so it proved as craig dawson headed in to earn the hammers a hard fought win. well, the draw for the fourth round has been made with manchester united against liverpool the standout tie of the round. league two side cheltenham town will host pep guardiola's manchester
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city, whilst non league chorley‘s reward for knocking out derby county is a home tie against premier league side wolves. you can see the full draw, as well as the fifth round draw which was also made tonight, on the bbc sport website. cardiff city say their defender sol bamba is being treated for cancer. the 35—year—old ivory coast international‘s been diagnosed with non—hodgkin lymphoma, and is undergoing chemotherapy. hejoined cardiff in october 2016 under former manager neil warnock. european rugby's champions cup and challenge cup have been temporarily suspended, with the remaining two rounds of matches scheduled to be played injanuary on hold. it comes after the french government said its clubs should not play in the competitions this month due to the public health risk: the french government have driven this and have advised their clubs not to play. concerns over rising coronavirus cases especially in light of the new strain in the uk.
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what it means now is a very good question. the french have moved very quickly. they will play some league matches over the next two weekends that had been scheduled for european action. we have not heard anything yet from the pro14 but the premiership had resisted calls from leading club figures to bring forward some of their matches to avoid a fixture pile—up. a number of club directors said why not play some premiership matches over the next few weekends in the absence of european rugby? but in the last few minutes the premiership have confirmed they will be taking a two—week break. so from an english rugby point of view, there will be no club rugby over the next two weekends. golf's governing bodies on both sides of the atlantic have moved to distance themselves from the us president donald trump. the pga of america voted to move the uspga championship in 2022 from the trump national course in bedminster. following on from that announcement, the r&a says that turnberry
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in scotland will not stage the open championship until it's "convinced the focus will be on the event and not the owner". ben croucher has this report. it's an age old argument that sport and politics should not mix. often a source of conflict, and rarely inseparable, but not when it comes to donald trump and golf with widespread condemnation of the events in washington last wednesday, those running the sport in the us feel hosting the pga title is wrong. it's become clear that conducting a pga championship at trump bedminster would be a detriment to the pga brand. he cannot tweet his reactions these days but a statement from his organisation said they were incredibly disappointed and is a breach of a binding contract and they have no right in another blow, the governing body in the uk issued its strongest statement yet to his other major
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course at turnberry, that it would not host the british open in the near future. that it would draw away focus from the players. they have not hosted the men's open since 2009 but his behaviour caused controversy at the women's tournament six years later. there were fears if the open went to turnberry it will be out of control of the rna because of political protests being so huge. trump himself at the 2015 women's open, he was so out of control that the r&a would like to avoid a a repeat. comments about illegal immigration also led to the 2015 pga championship golf be moved from trump national los angeles and the women's us open was held at bedminster, his historical views on women drew criticism as well. this is something that will take away from focusing on the players that we because it is going to be a huge part of the discussion
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that it is his course and what that means. it's becoming a very political issue that i know a lot of players wish it would not have become. sport and politics will never be able to be truly separate. golf though is proving it can distance himself from donald trump. ben croucher, bbc news. and some snooker before we go — the defending champion stuart bingham is through to the quarter finals of the masters, following a 6—4 win over thailand's thepchaiya un nooh. last year's winner started the match in great form, going 3—0 and 5—1 ahead, before un nooh hit back to make it 5—4. however, bingham wrapped up victory with this break of 67, to secure his quarter final place. and that's all the sport for now. after a brief mild spell on monday,
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the cold air is back from the north, spreading southwards across much of the country overnight, and in the morning it will be across most of the country away from the far south—west. we could see some ice on untreated surfaces to start the morning for scotland and northern ireland. wintry showers on the northern and eastern coasts being blown in on a cold wind, though plenty of sunshine around away from the south—west corner. it will remain damp but mild, double—figure values here versus low single digits further north and east. tuesday night could be cold with frost across central and eastern areas, the mild wet weather slowly pushing its way east, perhaps preceded by some sleet and snow on its leading edge, and quite a temperature contrast to start wednesday from east to west. wednesday and thursday look pretty wet. we could see some localised flooding in places and even snow in northern and eastern areas before it settles down to cooler and drier on friday.
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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm tim willcox. democrats set out their plan to remove president trump from office. he's due to go next week anyway, when joe biden takes over. but the message is clear: trump must be held accountable. if we aren't going to impeach a president over incitement of insurrection, and i don't know what exactly would merit impeachment. securing the capital, and stabilising a nation. the head of the us national guard says up to 15—thousand troops may be deployed forjoe biden's inauguration. uk officials vow to vaccinate their "way out" of the coronavirus pandemic. they plan to jab tens of millions of people by the spring.
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