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:00:00. > :00:00.And coming up after the papers, the Film Review takes a look at Piers

:00:00. > :00:14.Brosnan and Emma Thompson's new film, The Love Punch.

:00:15. > :00:20.Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing

:00:21. > :00:21.us tomorrow. With me are the barrister Sophia Cannon, and Tim

:00:22. > :00:30.Montgomerie from The Times. The Financial Times claims that

:00:31. > :00:35.Barclays is poised to announce it is to pull out of parts of its

:00:36. > :00:39.commodity business. The paper says an announcement is due later in the

:00:40. > :00:42.week. The Daily Telegraph features the new portrait of the Queen taken

:00:43. > :00:47.by David Bailey and released to celebrate her 88th birthday

:00:48. > :00:50.tomorrow. The paper leads on a letter which 55 public figures have

:00:51. > :00:52.signed which accuses David Cameron of fostering alienation by his

:00:53. > :00:59.insistence that Britain is still a Christian country. A striking

:01:00. > :01:03.picture of the Pope graces the cover of the Guardian, greeting crowds

:01:04. > :01:06.after his Easter mass. The paper also reports on how the shootout at

:01:07. > :01:10.a Ukrainian checkpoint is threatening the Geneva peace deal.

:01:11. > :01:13.The Independent highlights a report which it says shows teachers are

:01:14. > :01:19.facing an increasing amount of online abuse by pupils. The Times

:01:20. > :01:22.says the Chancellor may soon find some room for tax cuts, according to

:01:23. > :01:28.some latest research on consumer spending. The Mail reports on the

:01:29. > :01:35.rise in skin cancer cases since the 1970's being blamed on more holidays

:01:36. > :01:40.taken abroad. The Express highlights the improving survival rates for

:01:41. > :01:44.people with skin cancer. And the Sun reports on how the graves of some

:01:45. > :01:45.World War One heroes have become neglected because they are not being

:01:46. > :02:03.officially maintained. Let's begin with the Daily

:02:04. > :02:05.Telegraph. That headline, which is not in any of the other papers,

:02:06. > :02:10.David Cameron divides Britain over faith. This letter, signed by 55

:02:11. > :02:17.prominent people, was saying that he is at risk of alienating people. I

:02:18. > :02:24.think this is nonsense. If David Cameron or the PM was a Muslim, and

:02:25. > :02:29.it talked about his Islamic faith, then people would not have dared

:02:30. > :02:32.criticise him for saying that. If he was an atheist and talked about

:02:33. > :02:36.that, people would say it was great that he had the courage to do this.

:02:37. > :02:39.All he is doing, is he is a man who has been deeply comforted by his

:02:40. > :02:46.religious faith over the last few years, particularly after the death

:02:47. > :02:48.of his son. He is talking about his fate, and they think it is

:02:49. > :02:52.regrettable that people are trying to shut him down for saying this. He

:02:53. > :02:54.is not in any way trying to stop other people from different faith

:02:55. > :02:57.traditions having their say, playing their full part in British public

:02:58. > :03:03.life, and they think what we have here is some people who quite enjoy

:03:04. > :03:13.taking offence doing exactly that. You think it is Christian bashing? I

:03:14. > :03:20.think he is trying to alienate Ukip. He has alienate some people by not

:03:21. > :03:27.allowing `` by allowing gay marriage, and that has pushed some

:03:28. > :03:31.people to Ukip. We always knew that David Cameron, and Tony Blair, who

:03:32. > :03:37.couldn't wait to convert to Catholicism, have been prime

:03:38. > :03:42.ministers of faith. Coming out at this time, at this stage, saying it,

:03:43. > :03:47.it is a political move. I see him as someone who spends far to much time

:03:48. > :03:52.following politics, and he has given a number of Easter messages. That is

:03:53. > :03:59.including before the gay marriage issue. Perhaps people are paying

:04:00. > :04:02.more attention to what he says now, because it is before the general

:04:03. > :04:07.election, but he is not saying anything very new from things he

:04:08. > :04:17.said last time. I want my PM legislating, not proselytising. The

:04:18. > :04:23.article says, we respect the fate of the PM, but we wish to object to the

:04:24. > :04:27.repeated characterisation of our country as a Christian country, and

:04:28. > :04:33.the negative consequences for our politics and society that this view

:04:34. > :04:36.engenders. I think they are wrong, this is a Christian country. Through

:04:37. > :04:39.a quirk of our political system, we have an established church and state

:04:40. > :04:44.and they are linked together. In this we are going to have them

:04:45. > :04:50.disestablished, this is a Christian country and we have to support that

:04:51. > :04:55.in any way, shape or form. We have this idea that our church and state

:04:56. > :04:58.are knitted together. And think what is great about our country, is that

:04:59. > :05:04.you can send your child to a Christian, was long, Jewish school,

:05:05. > :05:08.a school with no religious background. Anyone of any religion

:05:09. > :05:13.can serve in the House of Representatives. We are one of the

:05:14. > :05:25.most tolerant societies, and what these people try to do is that ``

:05:26. > :05:30.they tried to say that you can have any faith except Christianity. We

:05:31. > :05:33.will move on, it is thought the French President has information

:05:34. > :05:44.that points to the fact that Bashar al`Assad has continued to use

:05:45. > :05:47.chemical weapons. I think 2014 will go down as the year of the

:05:48. > :05:56.dictator, and also the year of people in the West doing nothing.

:05:57. > :06:02.But we have proof? What is that? If we believe that Bashar al`Assad is

:06:03. > :06:10.using chemical weapons and killing his people, we should have stepped

:06:11. > :06:16.in in March. It wouldn't stand up in a court of law, to think that. Sigh

:06:17. > :06:22.and there is more than a whiff, isn't that? We know that chemical

:06:23. > :06:28.weapons were used in the civil war. Bashar al`Assad's troops possessed

:06:29. > :06:35.those weapons, even if he didn't use them himself he was responsible for

:06:36. > :06:39.their safety. At that time, remember Barack Obama saying that it is a red

:06:40. > :06:45.line and if it is crossed we will take action, President Putin the

:06:46. > :06:49.main sponsor, he looked into Obama's eyes and said, these people

:06:50. > :06:55.don't mean what they say and I will take advantage of that. You are

:06:56. > :07:02.agreeing wholeheartedly with that? Wholeheartedly. It is a slippery

:07:03. > :07:08.slope on where we go. Staying with Syria and Ukraine, look at the

:07:09. > :07:12.Financial Times. The picture on the back of the pope informal downs the

:07:13. > :07:19.Vatican, with Easter Sunday being a major highlight of the Christian

:07:20. > :07:30.calendar. The Pope leading prayers for peace in Syria and Ukraine. The

:07:31. > :07:36.Pope is doing more than the EU and the West by saying, pull your finger

:07:37. > :07:39.out and get this done. In Ukraine, it is an orthodox question country,

:07:40. > :07:44.and it should hopefully listen to this pontiff. I know they have their

:07:45. > :07:48.own pontiff, but there is the idea that this Pope is saying more about

:07:49. > :07:55.world peace than the UN and the EU at the moment. I think one of the

:07:56. > :08:00.things is, other Christian leaders notice as well, this is an age of

:08:01. > :08:03.extraordinary Christian persecution. The wars and conflicts that we are

:08:04. > :08:07.seeing in the Middle East mean that the Christian populations of that

:08:08. > :08:10.region, who once lived quite peacefully in coexistence with

:08:11. > :08:16.Muslims and other people, are being driven out of the region. Syria was

:08:17. > :08:22.a place were particularly Christian worship was free. Now, Christians

:08:23. > :08:27.are very embattled as they are in Iraq and Egypt and other places, and

:08:28. > :08:30.a pink one of the reasons why the Pope is so clear and anxious about

:08:31. > :08:41.this decision, is that he is here from the frontline about her serious

:08:42. > :08:53.the situation is. A charming picture on the Guardian. This shows why this

:08:54. > :09:02.Pope is so popular. He must be up there with Justin Bieber, the Queen,

:09:03. > :09:11.Kim Kardashian... He is well`known, he is well and well liked. Not very

:09:12. > :09:13.often you say that about a Pope. The main stories about Ukraine and the

:09:14. > :09:19.shootout we have been reporting on that Sloviansk. The Ukrainian crisis

:09:20. > :09:25.is showing all the signs of hitting the wrong way. We had a little bit

:09:26. > :09:29.of hope last week when we have those breakthrough talks between America,

:09:30. > :09:35.Europe and Ukraine, but the trouble is now that you have so much

:09:36. > :09:40.intermingling of these little green men, basically Russian troops that a

:09:41. > :09:43.well`equipped but don't have the insignia of the official Russian

:09:44. > :09:49.army, with Ukrainian paramilitaries, Ukrainian army, and there is no one

:09:50. > :09:55.really in control any more. Of course there is! Vladimir Putin is

:09:56. > :10:02.in control! He has been in control from the start. And the West has sat

:10:03. > :10:06.on air like an old man trying to satisfy his wife, sitting at the

:10:07. > :10:13.front door with a half cocked gun while Vladimir Putin is sneaking up

:10:14. > :10:17.the drainpipe. It is that clear. We can't do anything unless we want to

:10:18. > :10:27.do something, and we are not, we are impotent. Back to the UK, we are

:10:28. > :10:30.going to look at the Daily Mail. A huge rise in skin cancer cases since

:10:31. > :10:37.the 1970s, claimed on Sunshine getaways. Everybody remembers the

:10:38. > :11:00.carry on film where they are all going off to Costa Del Sol. Appears

:11:01. > :11:07.that it is the, the Costa Del Kill. There has been an increase... If you

:11:08. > :11:12.look onto the Daily Express, a very different story. They must wonder

:11:13. > :11:20.who has got the story right, because that is the success in war on skin

:11:21. > :11:25.cancer. Because eight in ten people survive, and it is the most common

:11:26. > :11:30.cancer in the UK, it is survivable if it is recognisable. You have to

:11:31. > :11:33.check your skin, and you have to make sure when you go on holiday

:11:34. > :11:37.that you don't burn, and that you do cover`up. As brown as IM, I myself

:11:38. > :11:43.got burnt, and I have children who are mixed race, and you have to be

:11:44. > :11:46.so careful. One person who appears to have very good scheme would be

:11:47. > :11:54.Her Majesty, and distorted for her 80th birthday tomorrow, taken by

:11:55. > :11:59.David Bailey. It is a beautiful picture, one of the most attractive

:12:00. > :12:02.features of anybody's face is always there smile, and here is a beautiful

:12:03. > :12:16.smile from the Queen. It has taken Her Majesty for the front page, and

:12:17. > :12:25.not Kate! It shows our monarch in her prime, she looks beautiful for

:12:26. > :12:34.her age, and 88! Charles must be thinking, 20 more years! She looks

:12:35. > :12:39.fantastic. He would be taking the throne any time soon. No, not from

:12:40. > :12:46.that picture. Thank you for your time. Stay with us on BBC News,

:12:47. > :12:49.because at midnight we will have the latest on the ferry disaster in

:12:50. > :12:54.South Korea, as transcripts are released of the moment he ferry

:12:55. > :13:01.started to sink. Up next, The Film Review.