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:00:00. > :00:00.praise on his new players, plus all the highlights from the Diamond

:00:00. > :00:16.League athletics in Rome. But is in 15 minutes after the papers.

:00:17. > :00:23.Welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will bring us tomorrow.

:00:24. > :00:29.With us, a contributing editor for Esquire magazine John Harrison and

:00:30. > :00:32.Lynn Faulds Wood. Let's start with those front pages. The FT leads with

:00:33. > :00:36.the news that the European Central Bank has cut the deposit interest

:00:37. > :00:37.rate to below zero in an unprecedented move to encourage

:00:38. > :00:42.lending. The Telegraph has more on President

:00:43. > :00:46.Obama stepping into the debate over Scotland's future, while a photo of

:00:47. > :00:51.a D`Day veteran on in Normandy beach dominates the front page. The same

:00:52. > :00:54.image is the Metro's front`page, with the simple message, thank you.

:00:55. > :00:59.The Guardian has an exclusive interview with Jean`Claude Yunker,

:01:00. > :01:02.the front runner to become European Commission president, in which he

:01:03. > :01:04.says he will not beg Britain for the job.

:01:05. > :01:11.An image of a D`Day veteran dominates the temp won's front`page

:01:12. > :01:14.`` it dominates the Daily Mail's front`page. Arrested for having a

:01:15. > :01:18.fat kid is the Sun's headline, clipping the parents of an

:01:19. > :01:22.11`year`old boy were questioned by police after their son weighed in at

:01:23. > :01:28.15 stone. Let's begin with the foreign

:01:29. > :01:33.intervention, as it is being described, possibly an unwelcome

:01:34. > :01:37.one, in the Daily Telegraph. Is urges Scotland not to leave

:01:38. > :01:44.extraordinary union. Lin, you are bound to have a comment on this.

:01:45. > :01:48.Well, he was asked this question at the G7 press conference, standing

:01:49. > :01:56.beside David Cameron. And he just reacted and said, it is up to the

:01:57. > :02:00.folks of Scotland. I don't think he meant it to be as strong as it is.

:02:01. > :02:05.Well, people are looking for the nuances in these things. He talks

:02:06. > :02:11.about the need for a strong and United UK. Everyone is looking at

:02:12. > :02:15.the word United. It could be united in lots of ways. I don't think he

:02:16. > :02:18.stepped into this, he has been yanked into it. This was not a

:02:19. > :02:23.calculated intervention, I don't think. He has mouth some platitudes

:02:24. > :02:29.about strength and unity, which is what presidents do. The interesting

:02:30. > :02:33.thing to me is that Alec Salmond, very adroit at being able to turn

:02:34. > :02:37.anything to his advantage, has responded in a very low`key way. He

:02:38. > :02:43.has not said this is an affront to Scotland, stop interfering. He

:02:44. > :02:53.borrowed the catchphrase, yes, we can. So I think people are more

:02:54. > :02:56.exercised about the notion of a president discussing something in a

:02:57. > :03:00.foreign country than the substance of what he said. I don't think this

:03:01. > :03:05.will make any difference. It will not sway anybody? I don't think so.

:03:06. > :03:09.If David Cameron does the Scots, don't vote for independence, they

:03:10. > :03:16.will all say, sorry, up yours, we will do what we like. Are we allowed

:03:17. > :03:25.to say that? I don't know. A bit rude. But the Scots are a very

:03:26. > :03:28.independent minded lot. That does not mean they will vote for

:03:29. > :03:34.independence, but if you tell them not to, they will do it. The idea

:03:35. > :03:37.that a politician as skilled as President Obama is being dragged

:03:38. > :03:41.into something and is being conscious of what he might be asked

:03:42. > :03:45.and how he needs to do is bond, is that not naive of him? Well, he had

:03:46. > :03:54.a lot of things to think about. But he was standing about David Cameron

:03:55. > :04:00.`` next to David Cameron. Well, he could be interpreted as saying,

:04:01. > :04:04.stick together, folks. But if you look at his words, they are not that

:04:05. > :04:08.strong. If he wanted to make a strong in detention, he would have

:04:09. > :04:12.been a lot less opaque about it. He would have been very clear and said,

:04:13. > :04:16.we want Scotland to remain part of the United Kingdom. So the idea that

:04:17. > :04:21.it will anger Scots because it was an unsolicited intervention from

:04:22. > :04:27.abroad will not fly? It does not seem to have angered Scots. Alex

:04:28. > :04:32.Salmond handled it in his usual good way by saying yes, we can, and

:04:33. > :04:36.linking it back to Obama. I think Alex Salmond will be delighted,

:04:37. > :04:41.because it has elevated the issue to the international stage. For a day!

:04:42. > :04:46.Something else will be along in a minute. The no campaign has welcomed

:04:47. > :04:53.the president's contrition. That could mean anything. `` his

:04:54. > :05:00.contribution. There is a poster of him as the flying Scotsman. Somebody

:05:01. > :05:05.has said, does that mean lying Scotsman? It is amazing what a

:05:06. > :05:07.picture can do for your reputation. Staying with the Daily Telegraph,

:05:08. > :05:13.there is an extraordinary photograph on the front. It is a man who is an

:05:14. > :05:16.89`year`old veteran, one of many taking part in the commemorations on

:05:17. > :05:25.the Normandy beach chairs, revisiting gold be shut. `` Gold

:05:26. > :05:28.Beach. It is a fantastic image and an opportunity for people to say

:05:29. > :05:33.thank you to the few hundred veterans who are still left. It is a

:05:34. > :05:38.beautiful photograph. It is incredibly moving. The fact that the

:05:39. > :05:42.weather is so good has also lent a magical quality to these pictures.

:05:43. > :05:46.This is one of the things we can all unite around. When you look at the

:05:47. > :05:53.state of European politics and the fractiousness of it, you look at

:05:54. > :06:01.this time when we could all agree on something. There was a national

:06:02. > :06:05.purpose. And in the Daily Telegraph, it says he was there at 19. He said,

:06:06. > :06:09.we landed on the beach and saw this pile of blankets there. We just had

:06:10. > :06:13.one over us and went to sleep, because they were not ready to run

:06:14. > :06:16.up the hill yet and be shot at. I thought, that is amazing, a

:06:17. > :06:22.19`year`old being there for a start, and then just go to sleep on the

:06:23. > :06:27.beach until they were ready. They are under play what they did. They

:06:28. > :06:34.are so sanguine about it. This is our grandparents and our fathers'

:06:35. > :06:36.generations. Those are the kinds of people they were. There is a

:06:37. > :06:40.poignancy to this anniversary, because in ten years' time, it will

:06:41. > :06:44.be very different. Loss of the book will not be there. There is an

:06:45. > :06:49.extent to which this is the last elevation of this kind we will see.

:06:50. > :06:53.That adds an extra dimension to it. And one of the chaps was saying when

:06:54. > :06:59.they ran up the hill being shot at, we had a few skirmishes. They just

:07:00. > :07:06.talk about it like that when they were people dying all around. It was

:07:07. > :07:16.the turning point. Let's move on to the FT. Mario Bergoglio from the

:07:17. > :07:21.European Central Bank made a historic rate cut to stave off

:07:22. > :07:32.deflation. Interest rate have now dropped so low that they are under

:07:33. > :07:35.0%. They don't want the banks stashing their money with the

:07:36. > :07:40.European Central Bank any more and getting any interest. They want the

:07:41. > :07:44.banks to spend the money. They are putting 400 billion into the banks

:07:45. > :07:48.to lend to businesses to get Europe moving. But if we remember in

:07:49. > :07:56.Britain, when we gave the banks money to get businesses going, they

:07:57. > :08:01.sat on the money. So I hope they are doing something in Europe to make

:08:02. > :08:05.sure the same does not happen. The negative interest rate means it

:08:06. > :08:11.costs you money to keep your money on deposit. I did not realise this

:08:12. > :08:15.was possible. Apparently, you can. Didn't they do this in Japan a while

:08:16. > :08:19.back, when their economy was in a mess? They had gone to 0%, and that

:08:20. > :08:27.they had to drop it even further because they were very concerned. To

:08:28. > :08:33.an economic elite at like me, I feel I am being softened up in the UK for

:08:34. > :08:37.rising interest rates. We are hearing loss of stories about the

:08:38. > :08:40.inevitable rise in interest rates and that people will not be able to

:08:41. > :08:46.handle it. This is Europe heading in the other direction, lowering

:08:47. > :08:49.interest rates. I am in literature in economics, but it looks like I am

:08:50. > :08:53.in literature in economics, but it looks like a Dover agents `` a

:08:54. > :08:56.diverges between what is happening in the UK and the Eurozone. The

:08:57. > :08:59.Guardian still has a European flavour. You mentioned Jean`Claude

:09:00. > :09:05.Junker, described as the embattled and runner to head the EU executive.

:09:06. > :09:14.He says he will not come begging to Britain for the top job. On BBC News

:09:15. > :09:18.tonight, I think I saw him being rather rude by journalist who asked

:09:19. > :09:26.him a legitimate question, what about Britain? And he snapped at

:09:27. > :09:29.him. He was the lead runner before the elections across Europe, which

:09:30. > :09:34.showed that there is considerable anxiety about Europe continuing the

:09:35. > :09:40.way it has. These people should realise that they work for us. We

:09:41. > :09:45.don't work for them. They have to understand that we want change in

:09:46. > :09:49.Europe. Every country that voted signalled that. Stop heading that

:09:50. > :09:55.way when a journalist asks a question. It shows such a tin ear

:09:56. > :09:56.for the way European politics is moving. Even pro`Europeans recognise

:09:57. > :10:01.that there has to be reform. moving. Even pro`Europeans recognise

:10:02. > :10:05.that there Those behind the European project want to see it become more

:10:06. > :10:11.responsive. You don't want to see someone strutting around, saying, I

:10:12. > :10:15.do want to be forced to get on my knees before the British. What

:10:16. > :10:29.bothers me is the British press campaign. Something got lost in

:10:30. > :10:35.translation. There are some ground people in Brussels who think that

:10:36. > :10:39.they are above their station. If this chap is going to behave like

:10:40. > :10:45.that as well, let's get a woman in. I am sure there are grand women in

:10:46. > :10:50.Europe who are just as bad. They are wholly nice people. Fair enough.

:10:51. > :10:56.Vodafone reveals mass state surveillance. They have revealed the

:10:57. > :11:00.existence of secret wires that allow Government agencies to listen to all

:11:01. > :11:06.the conversations on its networks, saying they are widely used in 29

:11:07. > :11:11.countries that they operate in. Are we surprised? I am not surprised.

:11:12. > :11:17.Liberty so they are terrified. I am not at all surprised. I am not sure

:11:18. > :11:22.be doing better at combating be doing better at combating

:11:23. > :11:26.terrorism and criminals? We are not doing badly at combating terrorism.

:11:27. > :11:32.It is better than it could have been. This is Guardian catnip.

:11:33. > :11:39.Julian Assange, surveillance state, the perfect story. But if it is true

:11:40. > :11:42.it is great they get it. I am surprised it is so small. We were

:11:43. > :11:48.talking about this earlier. With the best will in the world, it will not

:11:49. > :11:55.deliver the best pictures. It is hard to beat what you are seeing on

:11:56. > :11:59.the page. It is interesting that it continues their campaign about state

:12:00. > :12:02.surveillance and cross state surveillance. Whether we can get to

:12:03. > :12:06.the bottom of this and find out something new is happening, I don't

:12:07. > :12:11.know. Doesn't this seem like something we haven't already seen

:12:12. > :12:15.previously? I have not seen Vodafone admitting it and apparently it is

:12:16. > :12:18.huge that they are admitting it. If it is happening with Vodafone,

:12:19. > :12:23.surely it is happening with other networks. They have had to admit it

:12:24. > :12:27.for the article but it is a risk because people will try and decide

:12:28. > :12:31.who to go with. They might not choose Vodafone because they think

:12:32. > :12:34.they are being listened to. I don't care if people listen to me because

:12:35. > :12:40.I am not saying anything interesting. They have proactively

:12:41. > :12:44.released it almost as a kind of gambit against this continuing

:12:45. > :12:48.surveillance. The things they have asked today, they have publicised it

:12:49. > :12:52.because these are the things governments are asking them to do.

:12:53. > :13:02.Going back to the Telegraph, why hungry men like a super`sized lover.

:13:03. > :13:08.Men find the kind of voluptuous figure for which Rubens was famed

:13:09. > :13:13.attractive when they are packaged. Is this a reason not to go on a

:13:14. > :13:19.diet? I am on the slim side so I don't think I want to join in this.

:13:20. > :13:22.If I had that kind of figure, I would make sure that my man ate

:13:23. > :13:30.dinner before going out with him possibly. Does this ring true for

:13:31. > :13:33.you? It is a new one on me. In our currently well fed society, this

:13:34. > :13:39.could account for the popularity of the Kate Moss type, the extremely

:13:40. > :13:44.slim female. Maybe. Maybe it is one of those weird surveys. And what do

:13:45. > :13:50.women go for? If you have skipped a meal, you go for a larger man. It is

:13:51. > :13:54.equal, not just men. That is it for this hour. But they will be back

:13:55. > :14:00.with us at 11:30pm for another look at the stories making the front

:14:01. > :14:02.pages. Stay with us on BBC News. At 11 o'clock, President Obama's

:14:03. > :14:05.intervention in the debate about Scottish independence. Coming up

:14:06. > :14:20.next: Sportsday. I'm Nick Marshall`McCormack.

:14:21. > :14:23.Coming up tonight: Alex Oxlade`Chamberlain says his

:14:24. > :14:28.fingers are crossed he'll recover in time for England's World Cup opener.

:14:29. > :14:30.Fresh faces for a new England. Alistair Cook heaps praise

:14:31. > :14:31.on three