Transcripts For BBCNEWS The Papers 20240714

By donald tusk, as World Leaders gathered at the g7 summit in biarritz. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister will urge President Trump not to escalate a trade war with china when they meet at the summit. Brazils president has bowed to International Pressure and ordered the armed forces to tackle the Record Number of fires in the amazon forest. British Airways Apologises after admitting that some e mails sent to passengers telling them theirflights had been cancelled because of a pilots strike were sent in error. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me arejohn rentoul, whos the chief political commentator at the independent, and the broadcaster penny smith. Many of tomorrows papers are already in, with g7 summit in biarritz dominating the front pages. The mail on sunday says borisjohnson is expected to tell eu leaders at the summit that under a no deal brexit, britain doesnt have to pay £30 billion of the so called divorce bill. The sunday times says his threat puts britain on an election footing with his tough stance intended to win over brexit party supporters. Meanwhile, the telegraph says mrjohnson has told donald trump that any trade deal with the us must be in the interests of british business. But hes admitted that striking a post brexit trade deal with the us will not be plain sailing, according to the independent. Closer to home, the Prime Minister has asked the attorney general if parliament can be shut for five weeks, says the observer, citing a leaked e mail they say it appears to be a concerted plan to stop mps forcing the government to seek an extension to brexit. So, lets start with our first paper, the mail on sunday, barrys to tell the eu, you cant have our £30 billion. Yes, apparently we only owed £9 billion if we have got a no deal, or even possibly as low as £7 billion. Course, this is all sabre rattling, really, because the point is, nobody knows whats going on, really. And unless there is a movement, then of course, something has to give. And maybe this is the thing. It is an opening bid in a negotiation. Exactly, we start the haggling proper. What im thinking is, has this haggling been going on behind the scenes, or has there actually being no haggling, for the last three years, anybody to do with brexit, has anybody been saying, what about that, does that look all right . Yeah, will put that down. It surely hasnt been like that well, theresa may did strike a deal, didnt she . And only last week, macron said, whatever happens, even if you leave with no deal, you have got to pay up is what strikes me about this story is how annoyed some of the brexiteers are going to be that Boris Johnson of the brexiteers are going to be that borisjohnson seems to think we own them anything. The brexit party people think that if we have a no deal brexit, we canjust people think that if we have a no deal brexit, we can just walk away and not pay a penny. So, admitting that we owed them £9 billion is going to cause all kinds of trouble. What is next . moving on to the telegraph, their headline about boris telling trump now, he is telling everyone whats what, telling everyone whats what, telling trump, you have got to help your british friends in a trade deal, get rid of the red tape and make it easy for us to trade. What is interesting here is the detail, isnt he . Is john, is interesting here is the detail, isnt he . Isjohn, about what it is they make it difficult for us to sell over there, including shower trays, cauliflower, tell us more. Youre right, it is surprising, because we thought that Boris Johnson was going to go over there and four all over donald trump, but instead he seems to have been giving him a tough talking to in their various phone conversations which they have had leading up to this. This one was last night, apparently. Basically he has said, look, donald, youve got some pretty ridiculous restrictions on the stuff we can sell you, the shower trays, in particular. The shower trays are too low, but if you go to america and you have a shower, the water that thundered down like niagara falls, doesnt it . Maybe our problem is that our water pressure just dribbles out ive no idea. And the cauliflower . Apparently it can only go through one port. Which is bizarre, isnt it . I know wallpaper, fabrics, apparently have to go through extra fire regulations when they get there, rather than being passed through. Youve got various other things, pork pies. Classic borisjohnson performance, because the journalists have written this all down from what he said on the plane on the way out to biarritz. It is also in the daily mail as well. My colleagues have got it on the independent as well. He obviously did a complete Boris Johnson performance of all the ridiculous things that you cant sell to america. This is Boris Johnson, do you remember he was the brussels correspondent for the daily telegraph, who used to make fun of bendy banana rules and stuff like that. Now hes doing the same thing with american rules. It is interesting that as you say hes going in there saying, this is what i want, you need to come to my table, not us to you. And so far in the relationship between britain and donald trump, under theresa may, it was the other way around, it was seen that we were very needy and he was going to dane to give us whatever we wanted. But here, your paper, john, the headline, and some papers he is coming out really tough, and is he actually saying. . You can read it either way. Either he is being very much on the front foot and telling donald trump whats what. But the effect of that is to admit that a trade deal with america is going to be very difficult, and that is. It doesnt help that you have a maverick president who changes his mind about how he feels about pretty much everything. And everybody. And so one minute they are great guys, the next, they public enemy numberone, are great guys, the next, they public enemy number one, and you know. It is going to be very interesting to see how donald trump responds to this tomorrow, because he will say something, and we just dont know which way he is going to 90, dont know which way he is going to go, its gotta be quite fun. How important is it for america, do they need a trade deal with britain . Its not top priority, is it . It isnt but in terms of the bigger picture, theyve got a trade war going on with china, lots of debate about the trade between the eu and the us, so actually may be donald trump needs a win as well . Except that i read a brilliant piece by Matthew Parris in the times who said essentially the americans will think of as the same way that we think about the Channel Islands. Well, yes. There is that. It is not quite. I love the Channel Islands, every year after the Channel Islands for my holidays. Moving on to the observer, this is about Boris Johnson moving on to the observer, this is about borisjohnson seeking legal advice on five week parliamentary closure, about pro rogue in parliament, which we have heard a lot about a few weeks ago, tell us all about it. This suggestion is that Boris Johnson might just all about it. This suggestion is that borisjohnson mightjust get a no deal brexit through by suspending parliament, so that mps cant stop him. And if parliament isnt sitting when we get up to 31st october, then it cant do anything to stop us leaving without a deal. Does that mean they couldnt do the vote of no confidence . They cant do anything, absolutely. But arent there legal challenges to this . Yeah, i dont think 80s at all likely to happen. It would be interesting to read the e mails. It would be interesting to read the emails. The it would be interesting to read the emails. The speaker has said, more or less, emails. The speaker has said, more oi less, over emails. The speaker has said, more or less, over his dead body. Absolutely, i think there is no question, john bercow will allow the house of commons to sit for as long as it takes and if necessary it will pass legislation to stop this happening. I dont think this is a runner. But what is interesting is the suggestion in many of the papers that Boris Johnson the suggestion in many of the papers that borisjohnson is thinking of going for an early election, on 17th 0ctober, before the crucial summit which is going to discuss brexit. |j thought the talk had been november. They are still saying autumn, and autumn of course, is three months and to have an election on 17th 0ctober, parliament would have to vote for that almost as soon as it meets, whenever it is, third september. And how are the latest polls doing . There is one in the 0bserver, tories up a bit, labour down a bit, the sort of thing which would tempt Boris Johnson, down a bit, the sort of thing which would tempt borisjohnson, i think, to go for it. With the idea of provoking parliament, a lot of the criticism was that it would drag the queen into it and cause a constitutional crisis, do you think thatis constitutional crisis, do you think that is at the heart of it . |j constitutional crisis, do you think that is at the heart of it . I think that is at the heart of it . I think thatis that is at the heart of it . I think that is still a huge problem. There are also some scenarios which could u nfold are also some scenarios which could unfold in parliament in september and october that might involve the queen in having to decide who is going to be Prime Minister. If that this idea of a caretaker Prime Minister to try to prevent a no deal brexit actually goes through, then the queen is going to be involved. If it wasnt quite so important at the moment, if you were outside this country, you would be thinking, its quite fun, though, isnt it . Quite entertaining. It is keeping us in work. There is quite a lot to write about. Its neverending. Back in the telegraph, hs2, we heard there is going to be this review. The spiralling gusts, grant shapps, transport secretary, said that it is not off the table that it could be got away with altogether. But a lot of experts i spoke to said it was just an exercise in talking and that they will definitely go ahead with it. But according to this, it is under real doubt. When it was first mooted, it was £33 billion, and it is now coming up to £56 billion, and they reckon that absolutely no way is it going to come in at £56 billion, either. And now there is this review and interestingly, on the sunday telegraph, it says that the sunday telegraph, it says that the cost could drive up electricity bills for households, because they say that scottishpower might have to get its customers to stump up the cost for increasing the amount of power in the power lines. So theyre saying, im not sure that will happen necessarily but i think it is something, its a very curious story. It sounds like a lot of money, £35, but you put that against a £100 billion, it is not a huge amount. What is interesting, they seem to have an article by david lidington, who was a cabinet minister until very recently, and he seems to be against the whole project. He has now said the case is weak for hsz. He thinks links between cities and the new metro schemes should be a higher priority, andl schemes should be a higher priority, and i think many people will be saying yes. I personally agree with that, i think that hsz saying yes. I personally agree with that, i think that hs2 was always a vast amount of money that could have been better deployed elsewhere. And ata time been better deployed elsewhere. And at a time when we are trying to also save nature, when you look at the list of what could be destroyed if hsz was. List of what could be destroyed if h52 was. The green party saying its not environmentally friendly. Destroying ancient woodland. I was looking through the list, there is ten county Wildlife Reserve trusts, a National Nature reserve, 30 river corridors, 24 sites of special scientific interest, at risk, the small blue butterfly, the long eared towel, the stag beetle, the great crested nude, and eckstein spat, because i know you are interested in that. We had a look at it and it is a lovely bat, its very cute. Well, it would be if a train tunnel came running past it the chair of the inquiry, somebody who is very pro hs2, and as deputy chair, someone pro hs2, and as deputy chair, someone who is dead against it, quoted as saying it is a waste of money. But maybe that is the point, that you get balance, otherwise you dont want to skew it. A lot of people saying it is definitely going to go one way or the other but nobody actually knows. We will see ina nobody actually knows. We will see in a couple of months i think. Thank you very much for now. We will be back at half past 11 for another look at the papers with me, and you can see the front pages online on the bbc news website. That is all day for you seven days a week. Its all there for you seven days a week at bbc. Co. Uk papers. And if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. Thank you tojohn and penny. In the summer and autumn of 2018, california experienced its deadliest ever wildfires. They claimed the lives of over 80 people and whole towns were destroyed. But as residents tried to escape, the firefighters did what they always do they ran towards the danger. It is a profession that relies on courage, education and, increasingly, the latest science and technology to better understand how fires behave and how to beat back the flames. And if you want to be a firefighter, this is where you learn the craft. The International Fire Training Centre in darlington, in the north of england. This is where brave firefighters come from around the world to learn the latest techniques in fighting all kinds of blazes. They can simulate a huge variety of fire scenarios here, oil rigs, industrialfires. That is an overturned fuel tanker, and they can simulate any size of aircraft from the smallest to the largest. That is an airbus a380 and this is a boeing 747. And it is notjust about gearing up and grabbing the hose. Every fire is different. And each needs to be treated intelligently to make sure you and the people you are trying to save have the best chance of survival. Wow my goodness. They are using the water as a protective shield. So it keeps the two fires apart, using the water. Keeping the left hand one at bay and then extinguishing the right one before we deal with the left. The centre tries to make each scenario as realistic as possible, not just the fire, but the treatment of the casualties as well. It is fascinating to see the Science Behind firefighting. For example, in a kerosene fuel fire, water wont put it out. This cone of water controls the blaze so another firefighter can come in with a powder extinguisher. That is what finally tames the flames. And once theyre gone, does that mean the job is done . Well, thats where this thermal imaging camera comes in to see what our eyes cannot. So once it looks like the fire is out you still have to cover the area in waterjust in case there are hotspots. You can see here the vent on the top of this engine is still white hot according to this thermal imaging camera. And there are many other ways to detect and deal with fires. Lara has been looking at some of them. For the past two years, half of the uks fire brigades have been deploying these drones. They focus on the safety of firefighters and their onboard hd and thermal imaging cameras can provide much greater visibility, which means a better understanding of a fire and the way that its spreading. Using a drone, we can get pretty much an instant overview of the entire fire in under five minutes and start moving our machines and our firefighters around just like chess pieces, really, all controlled by drone footage. It also brings us a massive benefit as we can see fires as they develop. The team here have also use them for rescues and searching for missing people in quarries or in water. The hd camera is able to clearly zoom in on a face up to half a mile away. But of course when it comes to the spread of fires, what has happened recently in california is at the forefront of our mind. The university of westminster is researching a system that combines sensors on the ground and those in a drone. The aim a solution for wildfire. These solar powered prototype sensors are tracking carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, oxygen, humidity, temperature, gps and altitude. The aim is to combine them into one miniaturised Cost Effective version which could be deployed en masse in areas susceptible to wildfires, providing immediate feedback. If there is something it will alert all their neighbours also, forming to a network, alert, take measurements, convey to the master node which then conveys it further up to the server which then alerts the drones to come up and get a visual. The plane comes with all the information that it has got from the drones, from the ground sensors and it knows what the windspeed is what wind direction is, what the temperature variation is. It knows where the fire will be when the plane rendezvous is and then it makes a list from the air and then the heavens open as they hit the target where the fire is and you can fight fires day and night, 24 hours a day with no visibility. Meanwhile, this is the stinger. It can pierce through metal and pretty much any roof, dramatically blasting foam or water into the heart of a blaze. The quantity and force of that water is pretty incredible. This pumps 1,000 litres a minute with an even more powerfuljet to the side, capable of 4. 5 times that. It also has an on board thermal imaging camera to assist with the precision. Blackburn is currently the only uk fire Service Using this kit. Im told it costs around £600,000. But maybe as costs come down and this technology evolves, this next generation of firefighting will become the norm. Im at leicestershire fire and rescue, the First Service in the country to invest in Virtual Reality. Their hope is that money will be saved by replacing some of the expensive traditional training techniques with vr alternatives. Ive seen the demo and the fire looks quite intense so i dont think its going to be what im used to when it comes to Virtual Reality, which isjust having a nice time lets see. All the scenes in the training are scanned from the real world. For instance, this arson hotspot in leicester is a good reference for investigators looking for clues. Its the inside of a destroyed smoke alarm. Ijust need to say, the environment is like im standing on ash. It feels very real. Teleportation. Oh, my gosh. There is a body down there. If you enjoy training, you get more out of it. Its already been proven by a study in the United States that if you train in a Virtual Reality environment, the retention rate is 75 . Most of the talks i do on road safety, with powerpoint, we tend to make 5 . So you can see why were looking at this because the training is going to be enhanced so much. If you want to skip 10 seconds forward, you can do it on the controller and skip forward, so you can fast forward the fire again. You remember from the scene you saw a minute ago, that tv monitor was completely melted. And you can see how it physically affects thing that are not even burning yet. Yes, and the idea is, as it stops, we didnt show the people putting out the fire, but you get the ability straightaway to dive back in the scene and now youre in that same burn scene. Yeah, seeing the impact of that fire is pretty remarkable. It moves quickly. Part of the reason this experience feels so intense is the realism behind it. For leicestershire fire and rescue, this was important, that they move away from gamification and into real life. They been working with a Company Called river to make this happen. The scenes are created using photogrammetry, both cameras and lasers photographing real life 360 degree scenarios up to thousands of times. Weve seen how Fire Services are using Virtual Reality, but what about other First Responders . Here at the defence science and technology laboratory, they are hard at work on how police might use Virtual Reality in theirtraining. Number 7, ferguson house. Caller report sounds a violent disturbance. Of a violent disturbance. I can see some feet already. I dont think people would expect to put police and Virtual Reality together. Why is it so important that the police are interacting with technology in this way . You can replicate one off events so a one off event which could be a dangerous or hazardous environment, you can actually recreate as a one off and people would never, ever get the opportunity to rehearse that but in vr, we can, so we can give them that vehicle, give them that opportunity to do a one off scenario and do it safely. Oh, my gosh. 0k. Im going to see if this woman is alive. Shes obviously taken some pills. There is a heartbeat here. I can definitely see already how it would be used, in a way that a lot of games are, really, to open up your mind to possibilities around crime, why people may have committed criminal activities, those kind of questions are already there. That was more enjoyable than the fire one, i think. That shouldnt be my takeaway but i could go back into that world whereas the fire scene, ijust wanted to get out. And thats it for the short cut of click from the International Fire Training Centre. The full length version comes highly recommended, and its waiting for you on iplayer. Were going to put a load more footage and photos from this place up on social media. Dont forget, we live on facebook and twitter at bbcclick but for now, thanks for watching and we will see you soon. Hello, good evening. If you like your summer hello, good evening. If you like your summer weather hello, good evening. If you like your summer weather warm hello, good evening. If you like your summer weather warm and sunny, im sure you enjoyed today. Most parts of the uk had scenes like this one, and some high temperatures as well. Heathrow was the hot spot, getting close to 31 degrees, 29 near aberystwyth, making it the warmest august bank or a weekend on record in wales. Northern scotland, a little bit cooler, 18 degrees in stornoway, and there was some cloud as well. You can see the cloud here on the satellite picture, it brought some rain across the far north west of the uk, the rain now clearing away northwards but you can see the cloud extending down to the west, starting to fringe in two parts of wales and the south west of england as we go into the night, may be the order shower. But many places will stay fine with clear spells overnight, the odd mist patch here and there and temperatures typically 1215d. It and there and temperatures typically 12 15d. It may get a bit cooler than that in some sheltered spots in the north and east. There could be some mist around tomorrow morning just around anywhere, and some cloud in the west which will break up as the day goes on. For the most part it is going to be another finance any day with more cloud coming in towards shetland as the afternoon wears on. These are the top temperatures. 27 in glasgow, 32 looks likely across parts of the south east. Fine through sunday evening if youre planning a barbecue or heading out and about. We will start to see some mist and developing in western fringes, some quite Poor Visibility in the west on monday morning. Bear that in mind if you have early travel plans. The chance of some showers breaking out through the south west and into wales, a lot of uncertainty about that. It will start to turn cooler across northern and western areas. It will be hot again for central and eastern parts. Things changing on tuesday, some showers passing across some southern areas and this frontal system in the west which will thicken up the cloud and bring some rain into Northern Ireland and western scotland further east, the best chance of staying dry with some sunshine, still relatively warm but not quite as hot as it will have been through the weekend. Looking further ahead into the middle of the week, it turns increasingly unsettled with some rain at times, particularly in the north west. This is bbc news. The headlines at 23 00. Prince andrew says, at no stage did he see or suspect any criminal behaviour that subsequently led to the arrest and conviction of disgraced financierjeffrey epstein. Borisjohnson has been warned against forever being known as mister no deal over brexit by donald tusk, as World Leaders gather at the g7 summit in biarritz. The Prime Minister will also urge President Trump not to escalate a trade war with china at the two day meeting. Brazils president has bowed to International Pressure and ordered the armed forces to tackle the Record Number of fires in the amazon forest. British Airways Apologises after admitting that some emails sent to passengers telling them theirflights had been cancelled because of a pilots strike, were sent in error