the row over boris johnson's burka comments update on the papers.ow over borisjohnson‘s burka comments make the front page of the guardian, the former foreign secretary facing an investigation. the telegraph says the conservative party chairman is accused of "kneecapping" borisjohnson, after those burka comments. the number of people waiting more than a week for a doctor's appointment has doubled. the express says the eu is about to offer the uk access to its single market without the condition of free movement of eu citizens. banks are not passing on higher interest rates to savers, that's according to the times. the ft leads with the plunging value of turkey's lira, amid a diplomatic rift between washington and ankara. ant and dec‘s tv show saturday night takeaway is shelved until 2020. the mirror says the much—loved tv duo were in tears, as ant announces he's quit i'm a celebrity. a varied set of front pages. let's plunge in, if we may. first of all the times, john and this is an interesting twist on the boris johnson story because it is nothing

like maybe he should be wearing a burka, like what is going on over there. look at this guy.s like he just got out 69 shower but show it made him dirtier, that is what he looks like. like bore is johnson looks like if donald trump drank. that is what he looks like. he looks like if owen wilson was addicted to met and chocolate, that is what he looks like. all right, moving on. and i do mean moo-ving on. i will understand in a second. >> they got unexpected help corralling a suspect after a stolen car chase here, check this out, helicopter footage from the seminole county sheriff's office shows the car crashing into a ditch sunday night, look closes leevment the officer capture the driver before he can run very far and a herd of cows goes after the fleeing passenger. >> there is a large group of cows following her. >> the cows rushed and herd a woman to a nearby dirt road, deputies were waiting to arrest her. >> trevor: i think this says more about florida than anything else. things are so crazy there even the cows are like someone has got to do something. we've got to do some

the daily telegraph is in dangerof on the burka.ly telegraph is in danger of becoming a free sheet for borisjohnson. in danger of becoming a free sheet for boris johnson. and you are an editor, one of the bosses at the times. well, i mean, bricks and mortar, the property section of times, is one of the things i edit. i know something about this and i am not necessarily persuaded by his arguments. you need to tell developers that they need to have a decent and perhaps even a 50% quota of what they build should be affordable. i absolutely agree with him thatan affordable. i absolutely agree with him that an awful lot of new build housing is pretty poor, and that may something needs to be done about stamp duty. but again, this is him mischiefmaking, because there is even. . . mischiefmaking, because there is even... you would like that story on the front page, but not from boris. not from boris. i think the telegraph has to be very careful that they are not just one telegraph has to be very careful that they are notjust one voice, whic

borisjohnson, as the british prime minister calls for him to apologise for remarks about women wearing burkas. almost the size of los angeles, california struggles with its biggest wildfires on record, as 1a,000 firefighters battle against powerful winds and poor visibility. the beat of change? how one of the largest countries in latin america could radically change its stance on reproductive rights. one hundred years on from the battle of amiens. a special service of commemoration is due to mark the turning point of the first world war. driving in a new direction. tesla ceo elon musk surprises shareholders by saying he's thinking of taking the electric carmaker to private ownership. a warm welcome to the programme,

who has rejected calls to apologise for comments he made in an article about muslim women wearing burkassk announced on twitter he might take tesla private, shortly after the financial times reported saudi arabia's sovereign wealth fund had taken a $2bn stake in the electric carmaker. the news sent tesla's shares up as much as 8.5%. and finally, are you frustrated by difficult to understand accents or dialects whilst on the phone? well, the times reports that online retail giant amazon is developing technology to detect the speech origins of two people in a phone call and adjust their voices so that each hears the other in his or her own accent. your tweets have been coming in on that and i will share some later. with me is dr stephanie hare, who's an independent political analyst. the new york times, this

the row over boris johnson's burka comments update on the papers.cretary facing an investigation.

of the society and want to remain interferences rallies and therefore this low has to be removed burkas being worn in europe is the focus after the break stay with us. when all the trophies seemed wrong all right old goals just don't call. me old yet to say proud disdain comes to educate and in games from an equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground the. politicians to do something good. to put themselves on the lawn. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or injury. or somehow want to be rich. have to be right to be for us this is what before three of them all can't be good that i'm interested in the waters of politics. they should. seventeen minutes into the program welcome back a woman wearing a muslim full face veil in denmark has become the first person to be fined since a controversial new law came into effect there the ban came into force last wednesday laws that wearing a full face veil such as the burka and the kneecap in public police also have new powers to instruct women to remove their veils or ask them

uk — theresa may calls for borisjohnson to apologise for his comments about muslim women wearing burkasw on bbc news, to singapore for asia business report. the us finalises it is apparent list, targeting $16 billion worth of chinese goods, but is a trade war having an impact on the mainland's economy? we will find out later this morning. the cancer eating away at oui’ morning. the cancer eating away at ourland. morning. the cancer eating away at our land. that is how some farmers in australia are describing the drought drying up their farmland, will take a look at the economic impact. welcome to asia business report. we begin with the us china trade war, whether trump administration says the next set of tariffs on chinese goods are going to affect —— will go into effect on august 23. they have released a final list of products worth about $16 billion which will face some put it by% tariffs, these include semiconductor chips, electronics, plastics and chemicals imported from china. however, the semiconductor industry association has come out with a statement saying... in the meantime, w

, saying that he was simply making a joke burka, saying that he was simply making ajoke in burka, saying to be controversial. there has, of course, been criticism not just controversial. there has, of course, been criticism notjust from brandon lewis, the conservative party chairman, but also this morning from a man who used to have borisjohnson asa a man who used to have borisjohnson as a boss, the foreign office minister alastair burt, who said that these comments would cause a degree of offence, in his words, and he said he would never have made such remarks. we have not yet heard from borisjohnson such remarks. we have not yet heard from boris johnson about whether such remarks. we have not yet heard from borisjohnson about whether he is going to, as brandon lewis has requested, apologise for what he said. police are treating a fire in south—east london in which a seven year—old boy died as suspected arson. his father has describe him as a lovely boy who was just loving life. two women had tojump lovely boy who was just loving life. two women had to jump to safety before firefighters

coming up the beginning tomorrow in denmark it will be illegal to wear a full face veil banning the burka freedom of speech or freedom from oppression for women. the ban on face coverings is one of several lawless the government says it has introduced to integrate immigrants feel very disappointed and i feel like i thought we lived in a free society where people can believe what they want and they can wear whatever they want as long as they don't hurt other people. or we begin the day in tehran but you will be forgiven if you think it's pyongyang iran has sent a message to u.s. president donald trump after he suddenly signaled that he would be willing to talk with no preconditions that message we are not north korea earlier this year trump met with the leader of north korea ending decades of u.s. foreign policy trump has held the summit as a success but the goal of denuclearizing north korea appears no closer to reality trump threatened north korea repeatedly in taunted its leader before talks about a summit began is that a strategy that the u.s. president is now trying to use on iran or

of calls for her ex for the secretary to apologize off the porch johnson said that women wearing burkas look like letter boxes and bank robbers we asked people in the to guess we played. would you think would say something like that racist people trump boris johnson and tommy robinson would you go to school was actually born johnson. no way oh my god. and we made a woman who faces a lengthy jail sentence for terrorism after following her husband to syria where he joined islamic state i guess debate whether she deserves to be behind but. this is very critical because we want to go on the side all of our all of. us all those asian women have all of their own to make their own decisions on well your. fellow there is four pm here in moscow you're watching international there are concerns that social media giants are policing what's acceptable to say and think after numerous accounts belonging to terry and conservative figures were banned over alleged hate speech. takes a look now at what's considered a violation of twitter policy. what matters are all of the stories we hear from all of you

headlines at seven: boris johnson faces growing criticism of his comments about muslim women who wear the burka. when you demonise and dehumanise a minority who happen to be women, muslim woman of colour, i have a problem with this. more than three million british gas customers are facing a rise in prices for the second time this year. 100 years on — remembering the battle of amiens: a ceremony is held to commemorate the centenary of the campaign which helped bring about the end of first world war. australia's most populous state is declared to be entirely in drought. the government has had to provide millions of dollars worth of emergency funding to help farmers in new south wales. and we'll be finding out why celebrities on social media are ruining the lives of ugly dogs who are looking for a home. the former attorney general dominic grieve has increased the pressure on borisjohnson by threatening to leave the conservative party if the former foreign secretary ever became leader. a number of senior conservatives, including theresa may and ruth davidson, the leader of the conservatives in scot

make the controversy around it go away across europe governments are banning the muslim headscarf or burka in public in one german region lawmakers say the ban should not be limited to what adults way. it's because this time only twelve minutes they say you have to leave you had scott fight saying no it's my choice you can't tell me what to do you know my parents you don't have custody of me and you can't make my decisions for me. we begin today with a real crisis engulfing turkey's currency and its economy economists warning that the turkish government has at most a few days to act to prevent economic collapse was a night person heir to one that remains defiant and in denial heir to one today's saying there is no economic reason why the currency the euro should be falling instead accusing the united states of waging economic terror against turkey a last friday u.s. president trump doubled tariffs on turkish steel headed for america the move came after talks failed to convince turkey to release a u.s. evangelical minister the heir to one government claims was part of that failed coup attem

citizen in this so-called democracy with this kind of of the mosque protestors and those wearing burkas and the cabs can now be fined more than one hundred euros for more than a thousand euros for repeat offenses opponents say the real price will be paid by danish society we actually live it seeing our freedoms our liberal freedom rights in a society to dress like we want to write we want and so forth so so i think it's mean a dangerous step to take the majority in the parliament has done with this law because what is what is coming next what is after this supporters of the law held their own demonstration they say the ban upholds secular and democratic values and combat's fundamentalist islam. will want to take a stand against political islam against the fundamentalists in our society that we have some people who believe that their in their right to wear a headscarf would call this all of the face so we are not able to see their faces or she is not able to see their face on this world and want to see you stand against. an estimated two hundred muslim women in denmark where facial cover

that‘s over comments he made about women who wear a burka in his newspaper column.around looking likely —— like letter boxes. the culture secretaryjeremy wright said that mrjohnson should have chosen his words more carefully. people across the country, whether they are politicians or not, we'll discuss this subject. that's fine. but if you are in the public eye, whether answering questions as macro not, you should think carefully about the language that you use. i don't think it's impossible to have this conversation without insulting people. we can have a sensible conversation without using some of the language that boris used. yesterday, conservative party chairman brandon lewis said boris johnson should apologise. the prime minister said she agreed with him. an apology would not be enough for some. the conservative peer, lord sheikh,, said boris johnson some. the conservative peer, lord sheikh,, said borisjohnson should be thrown out of the party for what he said. i don't think an apology is enough. you should take more severe action against this man. white kind

he would see his tolerance was on display because he said we should not ban the burka. the outrage is in the wording of the letterbox. he has not broken the law. he has broken the tory code of conduct and he has broken the ministerial code. there is a committee on business interests for ministers who leave ministerial office. he is not the first one to be caught out on this. a p pa re ntly first one to be caught out on this. apparently he signed a deal a couple of days after he was gone, he told them 14 days later, the committee was upset. but they are feeble. george osborne was rapped over the knuckles. that is chicken feed compare to this. this is the big story. if boris was to tear the tory party a pa rt story. if boris was to tear the tory party apart because he called women who wear face veils, called them like letterboxes, what will his epitaph be? it will be a scoop for the telegraph. he will have errant whatever sums he does. it is an interesting story. if it is as bad as the independent says that is real trouble for the tory party. he will not be worried by thi

the sun also leads with the burka row, claiming tory chiefs are considering sending borisjohnson to diversityts are buried. the express says veterans and mps are furious over "allegations of wrongdoing" by britain in cyprus between 1955 and 1960. so, a varied set of front pages. let's see what our reviewers make of it all. let's plunge in. let's begin with the financial times. mike ashley, the financial times. mike ashley, the knight in shining armour, the white knight coming on his horse to save the house of fraser at the last minute. yes, i'm clear if the 16,500 people who work the house of fraser cm asa

top diplomats also commented on women wearing burkas saying that they look like bank robbers and should be to remove their veils we read remarks to people. on the streets of london to see if they can guess who made the. who do you think would say something like that racist people trump boris johnson and tommy robinson who. was actually boris johnson was. all. told it was actually boris johnson even a normal person there. were position should know that they could make you choose from trump. boris johnson and tommy robbers don't think it was boris johnson. in public. exposure who do you think could have said something like that somebody didn't thank me for this well i'll give you some options trump boris johnson or tommy robinson. it sounds like the. club. is actually boys johnson. was actually worse johnson guys really. no great depression for him to say that's that's a terrible thing to say well if you were to get. anything he says i didn't. say that especially someone in that position that's that's even worse well some do say that the timing of johnson's comment. to shore up.

senior conservatives strongly criticise boris johnson for his comments about muslim women wearing the burka. a nine—year—old girl has died after suffering a serious head injury following a rock slide at staithes in north yorkshire. also coming up — 100 years on — remembering the battle of amiens. a ceremony is held to commemorate the campaign which helped bring about the end of the first world war. and at half past eleven, we ll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, jessica elgot from the guardian and michael heaver from westmonster. stay with us for that. the us says it will impose new sanctions on russia, in response to the nerve agent attack in salisbury, on the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia. the us state department says it's decided the russian government had used chemical or biological weapons, in violation of international law. moscow denies any involvement in the attack. our north america editorjon sopel has more from washington. it has come from the state department, and so far there has been no comment from the white house, no comme

headlines at seven: boris johnson faces growing criticism of his comments about muslim women who wear the burkaority who happen to be women, muslim woman of colour, i have a problem with this. more than three million british gas customers are facing a rise in prices for the second time this year. 100 years on — remembering the battle of amiens: a ceremony is held to commemorate the centenary of the campaign which helped bring about the end of first world war. australia's most populous state is declared to be entirely in drought. the government has had to provide millions of dollars worth of emergency funding to help farmers in new south wales.

borisjohnson refuses to apologise for his burka comments, as muslim leaders up the pressure on theresa may to act. queuing for up to 2.5 hours. new figures reveal the scale of passport delays faced by passengers at heathrow last month. good morning. even when our shops are open, our high streets are getting quieter. we are spending less as well. in northampton they have had an m&s close at the weekend. i am have had an m&s close at the weekend. iam here have had an m&s close at the weekend. i am here to figure out what is going on. it is a golden hat—trick for dina asher—smith. she caps a stunning european championships with victory in the sprint relay. joe mcfadden danced his way to the strictly crown last year. but who will be trying to get their hands on the glitterball trophy this time around? we will announce the first of this year's contenders, and they willjoin us just after 8:00am. good morning. the met office has a yellow warning out for some thunderstorms across some northern and eastern parts of the uk. the rest of us are looking at sunshine and some showers. i will have mor

it follows his comments that women in burkas look like "letter boxes" and "bank robbers".d unwanted tickets. the move is to combat touts who hike up prices. let's return now to our top story. a doctor has won the right to return to practice, to return to practise, after being struck off the medical register, because of the death of a child in her care. doctor hadiza bawa—garba was in charge of treating six—year—old jack adcock, who died after developing sepsis in 2011. the court of appeal said an earlier decision to suspend her for a year should stand. a short while ago, the mother of jack adcock, nicola, has been giving her reaction to the court of appeal ruling. i was absolutely gobsmacked. i could not believe the phone call i received. it's just beyond belief. i'm disgusted, i'm devastated. i just cannot understand how someone can be charged with gross negligence manslaughter, struck off the register by the general medical council, and then be reinstated. she's now been in front of nine high courtjudges. what are those otherjudges saying, that the other six didn't do th

backbencherjacob rees—mogg says the prime minister is setting up boris johnson for a "show trial" over his burkaomments. that's in the telegraph. the sun also leads with the burka row, claiming tory chiefs are considering sending borisjohnson to diversity training. the daily mail has undated photos ofjeremy corbyn holding a wreath. the paper claims it's in the same cemetery where the munich olympics terrorists are buried. the express says veterans and mps are furious over "allegations of wrongdoing" by britain in cyprus between 1955 and 1960. so, a varied set of front pages. let's see what our reviewers make of it all. let's plunge in. let's begin with the financial times. mike ashley, the financial times. mike ashley, the knight in shining armour, the white knight coming on his horse to save the house of fraser at the last minute. yes, i'm clear if the 16,500 people who work the house of fraser cm asa people who work the house of fraser cm as a white knight. —— unclear. certainly it is different to the threat of administration, which is where they started. with guaranteed store closures, i thin

former foreign secretary should be kicked out of the conservative party for his remarks about the burkartising watchdog upholds complaints against kfc and kelloggs for targeting their campaigns at children. california's biggest wildfire on record is expected to burn for the rest of the month. 100 years since the battle that helped end the great war at amiens. comemmorations will be held today.

give the muslim veil and indeed the burka it's all about women's rights says the government but others are not so sure . handing out flyers sara wants to fight for her faith twelve years ago she made the decision to bail her face but from now on she'll be breaking the law. but i feel very disappointed i feel like i thought we lived in a free society where people can believe what they want and they can wear whatever they want as long as they don't hurt other people born in denmark and raised by turkish parents sarah and her fellow activists are complaining while they still can trying to win support for a demonstration and they're getting that support i think it's a violation of human rights just one other time when men are deciding what women are supposed to be wearing i think you kind of pushing them or away from society and it's important that. you accept that there there's like a cultural difference in parliament sarah has an appointment with one of the initiators of the ban mats full of the governing liberal party is convinced the niqab has to be prohibited even though fewer than tw

coverings was not the answer, but he said that schools should be able to tell students to remove burkasoking like a bank robber." he added it was "absolutely ridiculous that people should choose to go around looking like letter boxes." for this muslim former conservative parliamentary candidate, his words were inflammatory. what bigotry like this is doing, what you do not understand, it is making people politicise religion, it's making people want to be seen as visibly muslim, because the politics is becoming so sort of against muslim people in this country. there are 3 million british muslims in this country, and we are being ostracised at this point. the conservative party really should know better. a source close to the former foreign secretary said he stood by his comments, and failing to stick up for liberal values gave ground to extremists. mrjohnson's supporters say he should not and will not say sorry. we've gone down a route — a sort of pc route — that if political figures say anything that causes offence to anyone it's considered to be an outrage. we have finished up where joe

veils has come into force denmark the government says that face covering garments like the cob and burka prevent women from integrating into danish society and several other european countries have instituted similar bans some danes are planning to defy the new. blueprints for three d. guns will not be made available online in the united states that comes after a u.s. judge blocked their publication in a last minute ruling the blueprints demonstrate how to make untraceable printed plastic it's the ruling reverses a decision by the trumpet ministration that would have permitted their release. on the german state of bavaria has become the first state here in this country to open controversial new processing centers for refugees now authorities want to hold asylum seekers there while their applications are process which can take up to eighteen months they will deport anyone he was rejected critics say that the system will gather wise new arrivals. from many refugees arriving in germany in future this is what home will look like this reception facility in a former u.s. army barracks in the b

of their own after borisjohnson's burka comments, of course.t asking her to make sure that there is no whitewash in the investigation into mrjohnson's remarks? that's right. we know boris johnson, complaints against boris johnson's comments, are being looked at by the conservative party internally as part of a disciplinary procedure after he wrote in the daily telegraph last week that women who wear the burka look like bank robbers and letterboxes. the muslim councillor britain, which was highly critical of his comments at the time, has written to the prime minister and it is a letter which offers her support, saying that she should continue to show the leadership she has shown on this issue and also calls for an investigation, a full and transparent inquiry, to be undertaken as soon as possible. so, making their feelings clear, not necessary criticising the prime minister or the party's approach but making it clear that it wants a full inquiry to be done. time for a look at the weather. it has been a funny old day. there has been a limited amo

has come into force in denmark the government says that face covering garments like the niqab and burka prevent women from integrating into danish society several other european countries have instituted similar brands some danes are planning to defy the new law but vary of has become the first german state to open a controversial new processing centers for refugee authorities want to hold asylum seekers there while their applications are a process which can take up to eighteen months they will deport anyone who was rejected critics say that the system will get a walk. for many refugees arriving in germany in future this is what home will look like this reception facility in a former u.s. army barracks in the bavarian city of bam bag is the model for the new refugee centers to be known as anchor centers the acronym stands for a rival decision and return the key idea various departments which look at asylum applications will be together in one place migration agency labor office well federal authority even the courts the claim is that will mean applications it dealt with more quickly. wi

borisjohnson refuses to apologise for his burka comments, as muslim leaders up the pressure on theresareveal the scale of passport delays faced by passengers at heathrow last month. good morning. even when our shops are open, our high streets are getting quieter. we are spending less as well. in

face veils has come into force in denmark the government says the veils known as kneecaps or also burkas of course prevent women from integrating into danish society several other european countries have instituted similar bans some danes are planning to defy the new law. forensic experts say dozens of caskets handed over by the by north korea likely contain the remains of american soldiers killed in the korean war the handover was agreed at the june summit between north korea's kim jong un and us president. more than five thousand u.s. troops remain unaccounted for in what is now north korea. migrants are increasingly using spain as a gateway to europe third traveling the short distance by boat through the strait of gibraltar proem morocco the spanish coast guard rescued nearly a thousand migrants last weekend alone the refugees are choosing this route as other countries such as italy crackdown on arrivals correspondent marcus burnished reports now from southern spain. rescue teams have just pulled another twenty one people from the strait of gibraltar off southern spain they consider t

related to the wife of the prophet and the other verse is more universal like you said he jap to burka it's all based in their requirements to be modest for women in islam didn't she is he that as another of the patrie arky that you are resisting like a woman has to sing about how a man sees her and worry whether she is judged modest or not by a man. and that's not my interpretation of modesty i use the term more in the sense of the. in the sense that you choose how you want to present yourself in the sense of a more spiritual sincerity so i have the same respect for a woman who was wearing a minister and a woman who's fully covered i mean it's up to any woman to choose how she wants to dress and how she feels comfortable and i mean it's stated clearly in the declaration of human rights that any human being has the right to practice his or her religion in the private sphere and in the public sphere so i mean we cannot we cannot decide that women should not wear the hijab i mean it's a human right it's freedom of religion and freedom of religion is is just as important as freedom of spe

protested against their country's new than on face covering veils in public the law targets the need and burkas more and by some muslim women protesters say the law infringes on freedom of religion and expression but the government says the veils prevent women from integrating into danish society. lebannon is stepping up pressure on syrian refugees to return home some one point five million syrian refugees are currently in lebanon and officials there have repeatedly said that's putting the country under strain hundreds of refugees have returned to syria in the past few weeks but many more are afraid of what would happen to them if they went back d.w. correspondent bora traveled to the town of ourselves where she met a woman who fled syria the assad government killed her husband and her son she and her children feel. or for their lives if they return. and it was not a voyage pulled out of the ever imagined undertaking but the mother of eight and grandmother of three children was forced to flee has syrian home and fleet docks to take refuge in the town of ourselves just across the border in leban

daily telegraph leads on borisjohnson's refusal to apologise for comments about muslim women and burkasetro says the former foreign secretary is under growing pressure from senior figures. the guardian reports that the eu is on a collision course with donald trump over his reimposition of sanctions on iran. the independent leads on a study which suggests that over 450,000 children need treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. the ft reports that shares in the electric car company, tesla, lea pt by 7% after the chief executive, elon musk, declared he wanted to take the firm private. the times claims that over one quarter of the staff working on britain's new high speed railway hs2 are earning more than £100,000. let's dip into at least some of those over the next ten minutes or so. those over the next ten minutes or so. u—boat admired the front page of the eye, tell us why. it is a very neat trick to sum up the situation that boris johnson finds himself neat trick to sum up the situation that borisjohnson finds himself in. —— you both admired the front page of the i. they

senior conservatives strongly criticise boris johnson for his comments about muslim women wearing the burkafering a serious head injury following a rock slide at staithes in north yorkshire. also coming up — 100 years on — remembering the battle of amiens. a ceremony is held to commemorate the campaign which helped bring about the end of the first world war. and at half past eleven, we ll be taking an in—depth look