:00:00. > :00:00.gun laws and a T Rex skeleton that's hit the road. That's all coming up
:00:00. > :00:17.in Reporters. Hello and welcome to our look ahead
:00:18. > :00:20.to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are
:00:21. > :00:25.Yasmin Alibhai`Brown, columnist from the Independent and Matthew Green,
:00:26. > :00:32.journalist and author. Tomorrow's front pages, starting with: The
:00:33. > :00:35.Observer claims that thousands in a district of Damascus are running out
:00:36. > :00:43.of food ` leading to relief agencies declaring it a crisis that is
:00:44. > :00:46."unprecedented in living memory". The Independent on Sunday has a
:00:47. > :00:49.special report on mounting concern at global food security, claiming
:00:50. > :00:54.the World is on the brink of a Wheat Crisis. An exclusive from The Mail
:00:55. > :00:57.On Sunday on a businessman, appointed by David Cameron, to head
:00:58. > :01:06.a quango step downs after it was disclosed that he was bankrupt. The
:01:07. > :01:09.Sunday Telegraph leads is how Ofsted are looking at putting at least six
:01:10. > :01:16.Birmingham schools into special measures. And the Sunday Times
:01:17. > :01:19.claims that senior Labour figures are concerned that basing an
:01:20. > :01:22.election strategy around the "cost of living crisis" may lead to the
:01:23. > :01:36.party looking like a "one trick pony". So, let's begin. Matthew, we
:01:37. > :01:57.are looking at the Observer first of all. Syria back on the front pages.
:01:58. > :02:03.We have shone a light on a terrible story were 18,000 people in a
:02:04. > :02:07.refugee camp are about to run out of food. That is because the Syrian
:02:08. > :02:16.government is not allowing the UN to get in there and deliver the food
:02:17. > :02:22.that is needed. These are Palestinian refugees. This was one
:02:23. > :02:27.of the most exemplary refugee camps for Palestinians who had nowhere to
:02:28. > :02:35.go. How they have now become the enemy I cannot understand. Assad was
:02:36. > :02:38.immensely proud of the way he treated Palestinians and now these
:02:39. > :02:48.children are about to starve to death. Do you think that while the
:02:49. > :02:53.situation is seen to be desperate, people are getting weary and that is
:02:54. > :03:04.why it has dropped off of the front pages? We cannot get like that. The
:03:05. > :03:09.various things that are going on, we cannot even call ourselves human
:03:10. > :03:14.beings if we let this not be a complete blot on the human
:03:15. > :03:25.conscience. I cannot understand how we have let this go though well done
:03:26. > :03:30.the Observer for pointing it out. Up until fairly recently there were
:03:31. > :03:38.hopes that the US government and the Russian president would cooperate to
:03:39. > :03:46.some extent. Also Putin has been supporting Assad four as far as we
:03:47. > :03:53.know. I live in an area where there is a street where you have got
:03:54. > :03:58.pro`Assad Syrians including the in`laws and all those who are losing
:03:59. > :04:03.people everyday. It is unreadable to walk on that street now. Do you
:04:04. > :04:11.think the lack of progress on sanctions in Syria and Ukraine, is
:04:12. > :04:17.this a parallel to draw? That is a really good question. I think the
:04:18. > :04:26.West feels quite helpless in terms of what else can they do? Russia has
:04:27. > :04:30.played a very clever game in both situations. We have seen the US
:04:31. > :04:36.outmanoeuvred and outclassed by Russian direct force for action.
:04:37. > :04:42.Also public opinion in our country and the US will not stand for
:04:43. > :04:46.intervention. Staying with the Observer, there are other story
:04:47. > :04:54.about the Labour Party looking at raising national insurance. It is
:04:55. > :04:58.not a small rise? This is an interesting idea. I do think it is
:04:59. > :05:03.time for Labour to come out with am very tangible policy ideas which are
:05:04. > :05:11.good in themselves and help voters decide which way to vote. The
:05:12. > :05:16.suggestion is, I think it is the really good idea, increased national
:05:17. > :05:25.insurance should be paid into a pot which is sealed off for the National
:05:26. > :05:30.Health Service and our key challenges especially as people get
:05:31. > :05:43.older. It is for now other purpose than that. `` care. People still see
:05:44. > :05:51.it as the tax and a big increase in tax? Yes, but the NHS has such a
:05:52. > :05:56.place in the British heart that people will be willing to do that. I
:05:57. > :06:02.think they will and everybody is very worried that back door
:06:03. > :06:07.privatisation is coming in so we have a choice. Either we will have
:06:08. > :06:12.to pay for services every time they use them, we will see what happens
:06:13. > :06:19.when that is the system as we see in America. Or we do put into a pot for
:06:20. > :06:26.this thing which is for all of ours. I think it is an interesting idea.
:06:27. > :06:31.The Sunday Telegraph talks about the Trojan horse project. The suggestion
:06:32. > :06:37.is that at least six Birmingham schools are at the centre of the
:06:38. > :06:42.alleged Islamic takeover plot, they are set to be placed in special
:06:43. > :06:48.measures. Six, and there were many more being looked at, one senses
:06:49. > :06:55.this is the start of this. It sounds like these six may be the ones with
:06:56. > :07:05.the most obvious problems. It does seem very much like the start of the
:07:06. > :07:09.more orchestrated move. I think this is very interesting. Ofsted did
:07:10. > :07:14.inspect all of these schools not that long ago. The political story
:07:15. > :07:19.has changed now and I personally think there is something going on in
:07:20. > :07:25.Birmingham and baby if other schools around the country and we do need to
:07:26. > :07:42.look at it. I have two problems with this. `` previous. `` various other
:07:43. > :07:46.schools. There is an expert on terrorism and extremism which is not
:07:47. > :07:54.what you need, you need a very sober person who understands education to
:07:55. > :08:01.look into this. That is his job title. We do not know. But behind
:08:02. > :08:07.all of this is the role Saudi Arabia is playing in all of these things,
:08:08. > :08:15.the education that is being promoted in state schools and private Islamic
:08:16. > :08:20.schools. Even in student societies in universities. There is a big
:08:21. > :08:30.Saudi project in our government. Death is a symptom of something much
:08:31. > :08:42.bigger. Do you agree? `` this is a symptom. I was working in Pakistan
:08:43. > :08:45.until recently and I know diplomats and security officials there were
:08:46. > :08:52.very concerned that money being raised in Britain is being used to
:08:53. > :08:57.finance militant organisations carrying attacks out in Pakistan.
:08:58. > :09:04.Clearly it needs to be taken very seriously and looked at carefully
:09:05. > :09:11.but also sensitively. The extremism, terrorism, it is the
:09:12. > :09:15.education. Education in Pakistan has become more and more die hard and
:09:16. > :09:23.hardline as the result of the Saudi politics. We can discuss that more
:09:24. > :09:40.in the second round. I want to get back to the Sunday Times. Human
:09:41. > :09:53.trafficking. The most senior person at the Vatican. It says grandmother
:09:54. > :09:58.but she is a professor. Pope Francis has been taken on the social agenda
:09:59. > :10:02.crime to make an impact on these kinds of problems. The church in
:10:03. > :10:08.Britain has been playing an active role in trying to help with this
:10:09. > :10:12.problem. Nuns have been helping the police dealing with rape victims and
:10:13. > :10:17.going on operations to rescue some of these poor women who get traffic.
:10:18. > :10:24.I think it is the continuation of that policy that Pope Francis is
:10:25. > :10:31.adopting. I am pleased and I agree there was no reason to call her
:10:32. > :10:40.granny, she is the Fester and has obviously been selected because she
:10:41. > :11:01.has the lot of expertise. `` she is professor. I think it is great she
:11:02. > :11:11.is 71, age is often missed off because of ageism. And what about
:11:12. > :11:14.this story, the hero on the ferry. She seems to have waded through
:11:15. > :11:23.chest deep water to get other passengers out. I guess a small
:11:24. > :11:29.tragedy in itself but given the vast scale of this disaster. We are
:11:30. > :11:39.saying today it could take up to two months. There is also another story
:11:40. > :11:45.where 117`year`old passenger died after giving his life vest to a
:11:46. > :11:57.drowning friend. There are stories of selflessness. `` the 17`year`old.
:11:58. > :12:03.The ferry and the tragedy is taking a much lower priority for the
:12:04. > :12:09.newspapers this Sunday. We have also had that big story about the missing
:12:10. > :12:13.plane for so long. Looking at it from a cynical editorial
:12:14. > :12:19.perspective, how much appetite is there for disaster after disaster?
:12:20. > :12:24.Some of the inside ages talking about the significance of Easter
:12:25. > :12:28.Sunday. I know you will both be back at half past 11. That's it for The
:12:29. > :12:31.Papers this hour. Thank you Matthew Green and Yasmin Alibhai`Brown,
:12:32. > :12:41.you'll both be back at half eleven for another look at the stories
:12:42. > :12:47.making the news tomorrow. Coming up next, Reporters.