hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are broadcaster daisy mcandrew and anna mikhailova, deputy political editor of the mail on sunday. lovely of the mail on sunday. to see you both. thanks for being lovely to see you both. thanks for being with us once again. let me bring you up to date with the stories at home as they appear on the front of the papers. the front cover of the i is a story about dover mp natalie elphicke and her earnings outside parliament. it flags up past comments she made about marcus rashford. the telegraph has a source which says the us is concerned about russia's activities in eastern europe, concerned that it may invade ukraine. the metro leads with the pressure on the nhs and the long waits for ambulances. the guardian's main story is cop26 — and criticism that the final deal is likely to be too weak. the financial times has an image of richard ratcliffe holding up a photo of his wife nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who has been held in iran since 2016. mr ratcliffe has been on hunger strike for 18 days. the times says a number of mps are renting out their homes while claiming expenses on separate properties. right, let's begin. i am right, let's begin. iam not right, let's begin. i am not sure if those stories were linked. i may have inadvertently alighted two stories there. anyway, we'll find out more as we look at the papers. let's start with daisy, if you would not mind, you want to kick us off tonight? and i would like to begin, if i can find my list, with the metro. . , . . if i can find my list, with the metro. . , ., . . ,, metro. the ambulance crisis, which we have all— metro. the ambulance crisis, which we have all heard _ metro. the ambulance crisis, which we have all heard the _ metro. the ambulance crisis, which we have all heard the end - —— anecdotal stories about how long the weights are forever lances, but it seems the beating for crisis —— for the ambulances. the problem is noppert deleted they are not enough ambulances out there in circulation or that not enough paramedics and ambulance drivers, it is the weight, when and balances elect somebody to decide that you have to be taken to a&e, they are arriving at that hospital to find it six or maybe a dozen other ambulances all stacked up dozen other ambulances all stacked up in the car park waiting to off—load their patients into a&e, and the reason for that is that social distancing has meant that you cannot do what you would have done a couple of years ago, if there was not a bed available for that patient, they could've been left basically on a trolley in a corridor. you and i and everyone else in news has always decried this as a terrible state of affairs, but what is happening now isn't even worst state of affairs, because they are not allowed to be left a trolley are not allowed to be left a trolley a corridor, because of social distancing, because of covid. they are having to be left inside that ambulance and blocking that ambulance and blocking that ambulance for 70 trying to get through frantically to 999 two sata partners had a heart attack or a stroke or an elderly person has fallen down the stairs —— to say that their partner. this is the spiral that has happened, and as we get into winter, but it has gotten worse and worse and worse. anna, this question _ worse and worse and worse. anna, this question of _ worse and worse and worse. anna, this question of 999, _ worse and worse and worse. anna, this question of 999, we _ worse and worse and worse. anna, this question of 999, we have - worse and worse and worse. anna, this question of 999, we have had| this question of 999, we have had some horrible stories today. a young woman, her grandmother had a stroke, they waited six hours for the ambulance, she did which it another two or three hours in the ambulance, by which time the family were told it is not able to mitigate the effects of the stroke. it is horrifie- _ effects of the stroke. it is horrific. i— effects of the stroke. it is horrific. i am _ effects of the stroke. it is horrific. i am not - effects of the stroke. it is horrific. i am not sure - effects of the stroke. it is| horrific. i am not sure how effects of the stroke. it is horrific. i am not sure how people react _ horrific. i am not sure how people react in _ horrific. i am not sure how people react in that — horrific. i am not sure how people react in that situation. 0ne horrific. i am not sure how people react in that situation. one other thing _ react in that situation. one other thing is, — react in that situation. one other thing is, i— react in that situation. one other thing is, iwas react in that situation. one other thing is, i was asking react in that situation. one other thing is, iwas asking people in government this week, as this has really— government this week, as this has really become a crisis point all across— really become a crisis point all across the _ really become a crisis point all across the country, notjust england. _ across the country, notjust england, in wales as well, why this is happening, and they said, one of the reasons— is happening, and they said, one of the reasons is also because gp surgeries— the reasons is also because gp surgeries are so overwhelmed. pecpte. — surgeries are so overwhelmed. pecpte. if— surgeries are so overwhelmed. people, if something is wrong with them _ people, if something is wrong with them that— people, if something is wrong with them that is not a crisis situation, where _ them that is not a crisis situation, where they— them that is not a crisis situation, where they normally would go to the gp, increasingly they are going to a85 _ gp, increasingly they are going to a&e. again, that is filling up spaces. _ a&e. again, that is filling up spaces, so when someone has a heart attack— spaces, so when someone has a heart attack and _ spaces, so when someone has a heart attack and really needs emergency services, _ attack and really needs emergency services, there are less of those available, — services, there are less of those available, so all of this is a huge problem — available, so all of this is a huge problem feeding into each other. there _ problem feeding into each other. there are — problem feeding into each other. there are other stories in the papers — there are other stories in the papers tomorrow, talking about the backlog _ papers tomorrow, talking about the backlog in _ papers tomorrow, talking about the backlog in the hole and adjust averaging 6 million. it is horrendous. we had ministers say is worse _ horrendous. we had ministers say is worse untit— horrendous. we had ministers say is worse until he gets better, and this certainly— worse until he gets better, and this certainly sounds like it. it worse until he gets better, and this certainly sounds like it.— certainly sounds like it. it does, and a distracting, _ certainly sounds like it. it does, and a distracting, some - certainly sounds like it. it does, and a distracting, some of- certainly sounds like it. it does, | and a distracting, some of those figures. —— quite striking, those figures. —— quite striking, those figures. the head of nhs providing saying tonight, we have not reached the start of nhs winter pressure. anna, do you want to take us onto the guardian? this is a cop related story, in a sense, but the climate targets are too weak to avoid disaster. some of the people behind paris, the agreement then, particularly the former un climate chief andy french different who crafted the agreement, basically, in a sense, we are going backwards, not forwards, in this process —— and the french diplomat. find forwards, in this process -- and the french diplomat.— french diplomat. and this is the exact type _ french diplomat. and this is the exact type of — french diplomat. and this is the exact type of headline _ french diplomat. and this is the exact type of headline boris - french diplomat. and this is the - exact type of headline boris johnson exact type of headline borisjohnson does not _ exact type of headline borisjohnson does not want a couple of days before — does not want a couple of days before the end of the cop summit. negotiations are still ongoing, that is the _ negotiations are still ongoing, that is the first— negotiations are still ongoing, that is the first thing to say, but it is not looking _ is the first thing to say, but it is not looking likely there is going to be not looking likely there is going to he the _ not looking likely there is going to be the amazing breakthrough people had hoped for an anticipated early on, had hoped for an anticipated early on. so _ had hoped for an anticipated early on. so this— had hoped for an anticipated early on, so this idea we are actually going _ on, so this idea we are actually going backwards is going to really throw— going backwards is going to really throw a _ going backwards is going to really throw a spanner in the work. china not turning — throw a spanner in the work. china not turning up, rush and not turning up, not turning up, rush and not turning up. none _ not turning up, rush and not turning up. none of— not turning up, rush and not turning up, none of this has helped, but it sounds _ up, none of this has helped, but it sounds like — up, none of this has helped, but it sounds like even mitigations we are hoping _ sounds like even mitigations we are hoping for— sounds like even mitigations we are hoping for not going very well —— russian — hoping for not going very well —— russian not _ hoping for not going very well —— russian not turning up. we have two or three _ russian not turning up. we have two or three days. going into the weekend, _ or three days. going into the weekend, until sunday, possibly, but all remains— weekend, until sunday, possibly, but all remains to be seen where the white _ all remains to be seen where the white smoke will finally emerge from. _ white smoke will finally emerge from, from the cop.— white smoke will finally emerge | from, from the cop.- the white smoke will finally emerge - from, from the cop.- the only from, from the cop. daisy? the only thin i from, from the cop. daisy? the only thing i would — from, from the cop. daisy? the only thing i would add _ from, from the cop. daisy? the only thing i would add is, _ from, from the cop. daisy? the only thing i would add is, we _ from, from the cop. daisy? the only thing i would add is, we have - from, from the cop. daisy? the only thing i would add is, we have all- thing i would add is, we have all been here before, not with cop necessarily but with other summits, we all know that the politicians, particularly those who have most to gain, we'll talk down the chance of any sort of breakthrough in order to pull a rabbit out of the hat in the last minute. i would expect a bit of that to be going on at the moment. equally i think most did expect it would overrun, because they liked it to overrun, because it looks like some thing is happening. i enjoyed john prescott�*s recollections about kyoto back in 1997, he was that you representative for that, and eddie moved from the hotel they were in because it was the wedding party! were in because it was the wedding .a ! �* , party! laughter all the _ party! laughterl all the politicians, party! laughter - all the politicians, blurry party! laughter _ all the politicians, blurry eyed, the bride was coming in! that is what they are like. i would expect something to happen at the last minute. . ., ., . ,, minute. nice to hear him back in the fra after minute. nice to hear him back in the fray after his — minute. nice to hear him back in the fray after his long _ minute. nice to hear him back in the fray after his long period _ minute. nice to hear him back in the fray after his long period of- fray after his long period of illness, but you're right, it is striking get that, but you get it because there is that sense that nobody wants to be the first country to give way, so you push it to the wire. some buddy has to blink, but nobody wants to be the one to bling first. .. , nobody wants to be the one to bling first. . . , . nobody wants to be the one to bling first. , . . first. exactly, and all the negotiations _ first. exactly, and all the negotiations happened i first. exactly, and all the i negotiations happened the first. exactly, and all the - negotiations happened the last minute, it is infantile in many ways. everybody keeps their carts to their chest, waiting for some buddy to bling first, lay chicken, and then somebody blinks at the end of. take me onto the front of the guardian, this is something, people might not have an inkling where belarus is, but they are about to find out conceivably that belarus is very well aware of where we are and very well aware of where we are and very well—built of our energy dependency. very well-built of our energy dependency-— very well-built of our energy deenden . , , , dependency. this has been rumbling on for some — dependency. this has been rumbling on for some weeks, _ dependency. this has been rumbling on for some weeks, the _ dependency. this has been rumbling on for some weeks, the border- on for some weeks, the border between poland and belarus really becoming a crisis point for migrants, but this story today, or tomorrow, is saying president alexander bjork a shank of one of the nastiest of all that ilk, he is threatening to cut deliveries of gas to europe —— alexander lukashenko. because the eu has put sanctions. the background to the crisis is he has been accused of fondling migrants through, but welcoming them in, particularly from iraq but other places as well, and then urging them to use belarus as simply a gateway to use belarus as simply a gateway to poland and the rest of europe. poland has got fed up and has behaved also very badly, putting in place a few weeks ago a state of emergency which they say, and others would disagree with them, means that they do not have to do their international obligations as far as these magnets are concerned, and meanwhile this barbed wire divide between the countries has become an incredibly awful inside place of human misery —— these migrants are concerned. human misery -- these migrants are concerned. �* ., human misery -- these migrants are concerned-— concerned. and now he is saying, basicall , concerned. and now he is saying, basically. if _ concerned. and now he is saying, basically. if you — concerned. and now he is saying, basically, if you put _ concerned. and now he is saying, basically, if you put more - concerned. and now he is saying, | basically, if you put more sections on us, we are going to cut off, we could cut off the gas.— could cut off the gas. yeah, which is the lasting _ could cut off the gas. yeah, which is the lasting anybody _ could cut off the gas. yeah, which is the lasting anybody needs. - could cut off the gas. yeah, which is the lasting anybody needs. we | could cut off the gas. yeah, which l is the lasting anybody needs. we all know about energy all over, the gas crisis, and he does to which is exactly what he is threatening it. anna, what do you make of it? in a sense, you could say it is a threat, but he would not carry it out because of the loss of income, which given these sanctions are affecting his income anyway. it is a double hit. 0n the other hand he is noncritical character. —— and unpredictable character. he noncritical character. -- and unpredictable character. he is. and after the crisis _ unpredictable character. he is. and after the crisis we _ unpredictable character. he is. and after the crisis we have _ unpredictable character. he is. and after the crisis we have had, - unpredictable character. he is. and after the crisis we have had, this i after the crisis we have had, this is a warning _ after the crisis we have had, this is a warning shot, to be less dependent on this type of situation. it is lukashenko today, someone else tomorrow. _ it is lukashenko today, someone else tomorrow, and ultimately, when you're _ tomorrow, and ultimately, when you're coming to enter and people are threatened to cut off or because even further price hikes to energy bills, _ even further price hikes to energy bills, none — even further price hikes to energy bills, none of that is ideal. just sad, _ bills, none of that is ideal. just sad, what _ bills, none of that is ideal. just sad, what daisy was saying, the horrendous thing that situation, the temperatures there are very cold already. — temperatures there are very cold already, so people are having to stand _ already, so people are having to stand in — already, so people are having to stand in these freezing temperatures, some of them have died already. _ temperatures, some of them have died already. so— temperatures, some of them have died already. so it _ temperatures, some of them have died already, so it is a huge crisis. poland — already, so it is a huge crisis. poland does not want them in, the eu does not _ poland does not want them in, the eu does not want them coming in, and it is all. _ does not want them coming in, and it is all. it— does not want them coming in, and it is all. it really— does not want them coming in, and it is all, it really needs some high—level resolution, because it clearly— high—level resolution, because it clearly cannot wait a day longer. absolutely, and as you say, as the weather deteriorates, a bigger problem. anna, take us off, not very farfrom belarus, ukraine, on the front of the telegraph. far from belarus, ukraine, on the front of the telegraph.— front of the telegraph. close to belarus is _ front of the telegraph. close to belarus is russia, _ front of the telegraph. close to belarus is russia, which - front of the telegraph. close to l belarus is russia, which appears front of the telegraph. close to - belarus is russia, which appears to be flexing _ belarus is russia, which appears to be flexing its muscles again, according to the us. the telegraph has this— according to the us. the telegraph has this leak of us intelligence, briefing — has this leak of us intelligence, briefing european allies that russia could _ briefing european allies that russia could potentially be plotting to invade — could potentially be plotting to invade ukraine again in what effectively would be a repeat of the crimea _ effectively would be a repeat of the crimea invasion in 2014. there's talk of— crimea invasion in 2014. there's talk of troops amassing at the border, — talk of troops amassing at the border, there is some activity in the black— border, there is some activity in the black sea, russia is accused, has claimed it has intercepted a british— has claimed it has intercepted a british spy plane, so it is all heating _ british spy plane, so it is all heating up. goodness knows where all this goes. _ heating up. goodness knows where all this goes, but it sounds like geopolitics is deafly back on the front— geopolitics is deafly back on the front pages of. geopolitics is deafly back on the front pages of-_ geopolitics is deafly back on the front pages of— geopolitics is deafly back on the front pages of. yeah, it does. -- definitely — front pages of. yeah, it does. -- definitely back. _ front pages of. yeah, it does. -- definitely back. daisy, _ front pages of. yeah, it does. -- definitely back. daisy, just - front pages of. yeah, it does. -- i definitely back. daisy, just looking at that story. the us warning, in a sense, it links with belarus, because many people believe the stand that lukashenko is taking in belarus is very much being dictated by the kremlin.— by the kremlin. yeah, exactly. this is all muscle _ by the kremlin. yeah, exactly. this is all muscle flexing _ by the kremlin. yeah, exactly. this is all muscle flexing coming - by the kremlin. yeah, exactly. this is all muscle flexing coming from i is all muscle flexing coming from putin and the kremlin. it is interesting, reading this piece and having talked to a couple of people. it does seem the americans are more concerned about it than the british. there have been briefings, i think the line the telegraph used was, twitching us and anxiety, but there seems to be less twitching his anxiety in london than there is in washington. nonetheless they are taking it seriously. it seems the ukraine, as we have to call it, has really irritated russia by using turkish drones, apparently. many people will remember this story double up in april, and russia said, no, no, no, these thousands of troops amassing near the border, it isjust an innocent is just an innocent training exercise. apparently the sign they cannot claim it is an innocent training exercise because they have not even pretended that it is that, so it does seem to be more serious thanit so it does seem to be more serious than it was earlier this year, but as i said, london, whitehall at the moment seems quite relaxed. how long it will stay that way, i don't know. a different group of migrants on the front of the telegraph. these are people who have, again, been risking the treacherous conditions in the english channel, daisy, to try to get to britain from france. a hard-hitting icture britain from france. a hard-hitting picture and — britain from france. a hard-hitting picture and headline _ britain from france. a hard-hitting picture and headline there. - britain from france. a hard-hitting picture and headline there. french| picture and headline there. french have surrendered to traffickers.