:00:00. > :00:00.straight`sets win at Queen's. We will have all of that covered in
:00:00. > :00:14.Sportsday in 15 minutes after The Papers.
:00:15. > :00:25.Hello. Welcome to our look ahead to The Papers. With me is Michael
:00:26. > :00:27.Booker, the Deputy Editor of The Daily Express, and the freelance
:00:28. > :00:32.journalist, Samira Shackle. We will start with the Telegraph. Iraq is
:00:33. > :00:37.facing a return to the days of civil war.
:00:38. > :00:41.The Metro is leading on the online abuse the Harry Potter creator JK
:00:42. > :00:44.Rowling has received after she made a ?1 million donation to the
:00:45. > :00:47.campaign against Scottish independence.
:00:48. > :00:52.The Mirror shows the pitch England will be playing on for their first
:00:53. > :00:55.World Cup match against Italy. The Guardian claims that Passport
:00:56. > :00:59.Office staff have been told to relax the rules to help clear the backlog
:01:00. > :01:04.of applications. A protest by black cab drivers
:01:05. > :01:08.against a new taxi`hailing app makes the front`page.
:01:09. > :01:12.The Express says walking 6,000 steps a day could reduce the pain of
:01:13. > :01:16.arthritis and increase the chances of not getting the condition.
:01:17. > :01:23.We will start with the Daily Telegraph and the story that is
:01:24. > :01:31.dominating a lot of the headlines. Iraq, Michael. It looks as if 11
:01:32. > :01:35.years of occupation, well not occupation, some might argue
:01:36. > :01:40.occupation, but certainly after the invasion by Western forces, billions
:01:41. > :01:43.pumped into the Iraqi military and the police force. Doesn't seem to
:01:44. > :01:46.have had any effect? None whatsoever. Judging by this, they
:01:47. > :01:51.say they are heading towards civil war. It appears it is the darkest
:01:52. > :01:55.days of civil war all over again. We are talking about four cities in the
:01:56. > :01:59.hands of militants. The US`trained army that is supposed to be there
:02:00. > :02:04.country, laying down their arms and country, laying down their arms and
:02:05. > :02:08.running off effectively. They have 30,000 of them running off when
:02:09. > :02:13.there were 800 militants against them. You wonder what backbone that
:02:14. > :02:18.entire army has. It seems to be spreading further. They are in
:02:19. > :02:23.charge of towns, cities, oil refineries. Here, the political
:02:24. > :02:27.debate is about ` David Cameron, you supported it at the time in 2003,
:02:28. > :02:32.there seems to be the argument about that in Parliament. That is all well
:02:33. > :02:36.and good for the future. Let's get back to that in future as to why we
:02:37. > :02:44.were there. There looks like movement to get involved again. This
:02:45. > :02:50.is it. If, Samira Shackle, and the suggestion is they have got within a
:02:51. > :02:54.few hundred miles of Baghdad now, they march on Baghdad and they take
:02:55. > :02:58.over huge swathes of the country, including the capital. I mean, is
:02:59. > :03:02.there going to be a push towards Western forces having to get
:03:03. > :03:08.involved again? I think that is something that is going to be
:03:09. > :03:12.discussed and there is a difference, a distinction to be drawn in terms
:03:13. > :03:15.of the political debate between something like getting involved in
:03:16. > :03:21.Syria, which many people said this will be another Iraq, getting mired
:03:22. > :03:24.in a messy sectarian conflict where there aren't necessarily right sides
:03:25. > :03:33.and wrong sides. It becomes something quite different when you
:03:34. > :03:36.are talking about terrorist networks seizing control of the whole
:03:37. > :03:40.country. The potential threat of that to Western nations will
:03:41. > :03:44.probably shift that debate. It is probably in that event more
:03:45. > :03:49.comparable to the situation in Mali where French troops went in and
:03:50. > :03:54.prevented this takeover of the country. It will be interesting to
:03:55. > :03:58.see how it plays out. It was interesting a few weeks ago with
:03:59. > :04:03.Obama talking about Afghanistan and leaving some troops there to help
:04:04. > :04:07.out. It is almost as if they have seen the mood music in Iraq and they
:04:08. > :04:11.don't want a repeat of that in Afghanistan. They have already seen
:04:12. > :04:16.Iraq is a basket case. It is collapsing into anarchy already.
:04:17. > :04:19.There is absolutely no appetite anywhere for Western forces to get
:04:20. > :04:23.back into Iraq is there? Not really. There isn't. There will be no public
:04:24. > :04:28.support for it. William Hague has said there won't be anyone going in
:04:29. > :04:30.in that way, there will be a humanitarian response. Once you
:04:31. > :04:35.start humanitarian response, it is easy to get a "mission creep." There
:04:36. > :04:38.will be a huge amount of public opinion against that. To a lot of
:04:39. > :04:43.people, we lost a lot of our troops out there. We don't want to see
:04:44. > :04:47.anymore out there. Let's stay with the Daily Telegraph. Diplomats warns
:04:48. > :04:54.of passport delay chaos. You have a passport? I do. You will be OK
:04:55. > :05:00.getting off on holiday? CYAN I have already been on holiday. A lot of
:05:01. > :05:10.people, it would seem, could be well and truly ` they have a lot of
:05:11. > :05:14.problems, frankly? It does affect a lot of people at this time of year.
:05:15. > :05:19.There seems to be so many facets to this. It is quite difficult to get
:05:20. > :05:22.excited about a scandal which amounts to lots of piles of
:05:23. > :05:25.documents. When you think about the effect that those documents not
:05:26. > :05:31.being processed has on so many people, it is easy to see why there
:05:32. > :05:38.is outrage. Michael, the suggestion on the front of the Guardian, if we
:05:39. > :05:43.move on to that, passport chiefs relax rules to clear backlog, fewer
:05:44. > :05:46.checks on overseas applicants revealed in a briefing note? Yes,
:05:47. > :05:52.this was sent out on Monday, the Home Office have already said they
:05:53. > :05:59.weren't aware of it and they will be withdrawing it. This was to drop
:06:00. > :06:04.checks on counter signatories, this is from people who were applying
:06:05. > :06:08.from overseas. There is the security aspect of this, which is quite
:06:09. > :06:17.worrying, which is what the Guardian have picked up on. It's clear that
:06:18. > :06:23.there is a huge problem there. It's passport`gate! Staff have said to
:06:24. > :06:28.the Guardian, the change could aid fraudsters who have applied for a
:06:29. > :06:33.document. Yes. Something has to be done. This isn't the right way about
:06:34. > :06:37.going about it. The Home Office say Ministers are unaware of this
:06:38. > :06:42.document, that the Guardian says has been leaked. And have instructed Her
:06:43. > :06:46.Majesty's Passport Office to withdraw it immediately. So they are
:06:47. > :06:50.withdrawing something that they are unaware of? That is the way the
:06:51. > :06:53.Government works! They are making it clear they don't think this is true?
:06:54. > :07:05.It is nothing to do with them. Right. Ed Miliband has jumped on it
:07:06. > :07:10.saying all the cuts are the problem, Theresa May and tens of thousands of
:07:11. > :07:13.people are cancelling their holidays. I have not seen that
:07:14. > :07:19.evidence. People are being affected. I have chosen this week to renew my
:07:20. > :07:28.daughter's passport, I went to the post`office to get the forms and
:07:29. > :07:32.there are no forms there. Yes. Usual `` usually, you get it check and
:07:33. > :07:41.send, and it comes back within a couple of weeks. Whatever the Home
:07:42. > :07:50.Office are saying they are aware of or not aware of, this is not caused
:07:51. > :07:54.by a surge in applications. Whatever the different claims, there are
:07:55. > :08:01.different things in the Telegraph and the Guardian. Whatever it is, it
:08:02. > :08:04.is not what the Home Office said, it is something else, to do with the
:08:05. > :08:12.change of policy and something that happened internally. The Metro, JK's
:08:13. > :08:16.trolled over her Potter gold. JK Rowling, creator of Harry Potter,
:08:17. > :08:20.has decided to give ?1 million to the "no" campaign for Scottish
:08:21. > :08:24.independence. She lives in Edinburgh and has done for many years? She has
:08:25. > :08:29.Scottish grandparents as well. She is someone who has great values and
:08:30. > :08:35.she's got the courage of her convictions. She always says things.
:08:36. > :08:42.During the Leveson Inquiry she was very forth night. `` forthright. She
:08:43. > :08:47.put this out on her blog today. This is why I'm doing it. Fair play.
:08:48. > :08:51.Unfortunately, there's a lot of idiots out there who are bombarding
:08:52. > :09:00.her with some nasty things over the internet and they are saying it is
:09:01. > :09:05.the cyber nats. A lot of these people are keyboard heroes, they are
:09:06. > :09:10.typing away anonymously, should you pay any attention to them? Not sure
:09:11. > :09:16.you should. She has had trolls in the past? She has. It is also `
:09:17. > :09:20.there is also a sign that as we get closer to the vote, this whole
:09:21. > :09:23.thing, this debate is getting a little bit nastier as well. There's
:09:24. > :09:28.been trolling on the other side as well? Absolutely. I sort of wonder
:09:29. > :09:32.whether it is news anymore if someone does something and gets
:09:33. > :09:37.attacked on the internet. That is certainly true that there's quite a
:09:38. > :09:44.lot of sniping around the referendum and we can probably expect to keep
:09:45. > :09:57.seeing that. I know there were some controversy about David Bowie when
:09:58. > :10:01.he said, "Scotland, stay with us." And I think we can expect people to
:10:02. > :10:06.have opinions about it and people should be allowed to express
:10:07. > :10:10.opinions about it. I hope that that kind of robust political debate that
:10:11. > :10:18.we need about that ` and a lot of that is reached through people like
:10:19. > :10:21.JK Rowling ` I hope that that nasty criticism doesn't halt that debate
:10:22. > :10:30.from happening. The "yes" campaign themselves say we respect her right
:10:31. > :10:35.to have this opinion. Alex Salmond has... There are idiots on both
:10:36. > :10:40.sides and there always is. The Financial Times now. The only person
:10:41. > :10:54.who understands this story is you, Samira.
:10:55. > :11:01.which allows you to book a taxi via your phone. It picks up on your GPS
:11:02. > :11:07.exactly where you are and links you up with the nearest driver. The same
:11:08. > :11:11.GPS system figures out where you have travelled and lets you know the
:11:12. > :11:16.fair afterwards and takes it from your bank account. The issue that
:11:17. > :11:19.black cab drivers are taking from this is it is essentially a meter
:11:20. > :11:27.system which technically is only black cabbies are allowed to use. It
:11:28. > :11:34.calculates it for you. It calculates it according to the mileage. The
:11:35. > :11:39.issue they are taking with it is that they are being allowed to use
:11:40. > :11:42.this metre system when it has already been contested in the High
:11:43. > :11:48.Court that the decision will come through in a few months. But they
:11:49. > :11:53.are saying black cabbies have to go through four in seven years of
:11:54. > :11:56.training to get a licence. But this is like being a minicab driver and
:11:57. > :12:01.why should they get the benefits without the drawbacks? As a result
:12:02. > :12:07.of that, you have got a picture on the front of the Financial Times
:12:08. > :12:11.there, of black cabbies not moving, reading the paper, because they
:12:12. > :12:15.parked or their cars in a row blocking up central London. I did
:12:16. > :12:23.not realise this is across Europe. It happened in Milan and other
:12:24. > :12:27.cities as well. They have picked up a lot of business of the back of
:12:28. > :12:36.this protest. A lot of people did not know about it because of this
:12:37. > :12:44.protest. It is a bit of an own goal, especially considering the
:12:45. > :12:48.High Court decision. So much has been affected by the Internet and
:12:49. > :12:52.new media. The knowledge and black cabbies are getting a taste of it
:12:53. > :12:57.now. If you got rid of black cabs, you will lose a big part of the rich
:12:58. > :13:01.British culture. A lot of people come to London to get into a black
:13:02. > :13:08.cab and once you start watering that down, do we want to get rid of them?
:13:09. > :13:12.You can see why they are fighting for their jobs. Obviously, no one
:13:13. > :13:16.likes the competition. I think something needs to be looked at
:13:17. > :13:25.Buchanan preserve it. Are they Luddites? I would not go that far.
:13:26. > :13:29.You will not get picked up on the way home tonight! It is the
:13:30. > :13:34.destruction of new technology. Maybe we should riot against Buzz hammock
:13:35. > :13:48.received. Whatever that is! The Daily Mirror and look at the
:13:49. > :13:53.state of the pitch. It has brown lines on it. That means you will get
:13:54. > :13:58.your foot caught in it. That is Stoke isn't it? This is supposedly
:13:59. > :14:05.Manaus. However, we are the ones with the big lumpy centre forward,
:14:06. > :14:09.we will be all right. The Italians with the silky skills. Can you play
:14:10. > :14:18.a beautiful game on that, sir Mirror? Identikit! I just wanted be
:14:19. > :14:28.over. `` I don't care. I just wanted it to be over. You will be back in
:14:29. > :14:32.our's time. Many thanks. Stay with us here on BBC news because at the
:14:33. > :14:37.top of the hour we will have much more on the situation in Iraq as
:14:38. > :14:41.have seized a second major city in the north of the country. Now it is
:14:42. > :15:00.time for Sportsday. Hello and welcome to Sportsday `
:15:01. > :15:06.I'm John Watson. countdown is on to the start of the
:15:07. > :15:11.World Cup ` we'll be live in Rio