:00:00. > :00:00.his attempt to get a fourth major title. The wet weather in Manchester
:00:00. > :00:13.hampers English cricket. But first, look at the papers.
:00:14. > :00:16.Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers
:00:17. > :00:20.With me are Louise Court, Editor in Chief of Cosmopolitan
:00:21. > :00:26.and Sue Matthias, Editor of the Financial Times Weekend Magazine.
:00:27. > :00:32.Hello and welcome to both of you. Let's look at the front pages.
:00:33. > :00:40.Several of them have the US air strike on the front. The Daily
:00:41. > :00:46.Telegraph quotes sources who said that Britain has not ruled out air
:00:47. > :00:50.strikes. The Times newspaper has the same front page photo. The Daily
:00:51. > :00:58.Mirror says members of the SAS have been sent into Iraq. The independent
:00:59. > :01:04.newspaper leads with a front`page photo of President Barack Obama as
:01:05. > :01:07.he speaks to the King of Jordan. The Daily Mail looks at guidance from a
:01:08. > :01:12.health advisory body on the safety of drinking alcohol or two days in a
:01:13. > :01:23.row. The Daily Express warns of severe weather in the days ahead.
:01:24. > :01:29.Let's begin. The decision to mount error strikes on Iraq. The Daily
:01:30. > :01:33.Telegraph suggests that Britain is considering are strikes to avert
:01:34. > :01:38.genocide in Iraq. We know that written has committed to providing
:01:39. > :01:44.humanitarian aid and only America is involved in error strikes. The
:01:45. > :01:49.suggestion that Britain might change its mind depending on what happens
:01:50. > :01:55.on the ground. `` error strikes. This is a complete turnaround. David
:01:56. > :02:00.Cameron says he will help that humanitarian aid but not in a
:02:01. > :02:07.military way. The Daily Telegraph stakes its claim here. It says it is
:02:08. > :02:15.possible that we could get involved in... Military action. It was not
:02:16. > :02:18.long ago when the United States turned down a request from Nouri
:02:19. > :02:29.al`Maliki to intervene when Mosul cell. `` fell. Now the situation is
:02:30. > :02:36.such that he cannot ignore it any longer? I think that is the case.
:02:37. > :02:40.Barack Obama was quite clear that they did not want to go in until
:02:41. > :02:50.there had been a change of government. That does not seem like
:02:51. > :02:56.it is imminent now. But the United States is in a position where they
:02:57. > :03:00.had no option but to intervene. We do not know what the politics of
:03:01. > :03:03.this is in the background but certainly there has been pressure on
:03:04. > :03:09.Mary al malachite to be more inclusive. The argument is that
:03:10. > :03:18.divisions in the country have led to the rise of this Sunni Muslims
:03:19. > :03:23.group. President Obama has said he cannot sit back and watch while
:03:24. > :03:27.genocide takes place. He said he is not going to be drawn into a war and
:03:28. > :03:32.will not send troops out there but I think it is impossible to see how
:03:33. > :03:39.the whole thing well on hold. I think because ISIS... They are not
:03:40. > :03:45.going to stop at anything. Barack Obama says the US will have a turn
:03:46. > :03:56.of often and there is only so far that they will go. `` a button that
:03:57. > :03:58.they will turn off. There was a suggestion that if chemical weapons
:03:59. > :04:02.had been used in Syria, there would be a line that had crossed but the
:04:03. > :04:11.United States still decided against error strikes. But eventually you
:04:12. > :04:18.have to act. That is correct. So far, seems to be general support for
:04:19. > :04:23.what the United States is doing. There is not a huge amount of
:04:24. > :04:26.criticism. My own paper, the Financial Times, in its leader
:04:27. > :04:35.tomorrow morning, calls the action risky correct. There is a genuine
:04:36. > :04:43.chance that Kurdistan could be completely overrun. Iraq could be
:04:44. > :04:50.completely overrun. They also point out in the leader that the US has a
:04:51. > :04:57.mandate. It has been asked to intervene by Iraq. Apparently, it is
:04:58. > :05:04.justified in doing so under the UN right to protect. Let's look at the
:05:05. > :05:12.Independent newspaper. Barack Obama is speaking to the King of Jordan on
:05:13. > :05:18.the telephone in the Oval Office. The Islamic State group now in
:05:19. > :05:33.charge of parts of Iraq and Syria as well. The headline talks about
:05:34. > :05:37.launching air strikes. It will be interesting to hear what happened in
:05:38. > :05:42.that conversation. You would love to be a fly on the wall, wouldn't you?
:05:43. > :05:48.I was going to say there is the issue of oil. A number of oil
:05:49. > :06:04.companies have withdrawn. There has to be some way of going around this.
:06:05. > :06:09.I am not sure about this right now. The markets are obviously very
:06:10. > :06:14.rattled by Fortis happening. I think the companies are worried about the
:06:15. > :06:24.safety of their essential personnel. `` by what is happening. They are
:06:25. > :06:27.making progress. Prices on the European and Asian markets dropped
:06:28. > :06:33.because of what is happening. There is particular concern and people are
:06:34. > :06:38.speaking out about the protection of Christians in particular. The fact
:06:39. > :06:48.that this ethnic group, the UCD sect, many women have even taken. ``
:06:49. > :06:55.the Yazidi. People have had to flee to the mountain without food and
:06:56. > :07:00.water. An extraordinary story and it throws light on to this particular
:07:01. > :07:07.group. They have targeted by Islamic State for their religious
:07:08. > :07:16.background. Apparently they are accused of being devil worshippers
:07:17. > :07:30.by Islamic State. This is a kind of misinterpretation of their faith.
:07:31. > :07:38.The latest story from I think, the Ministry of health, is that hundreds
:07:39. > :07:52.of women have been taken captive in Mosul. Let's move on to the murder.
:07:53. > :07:58.`` to the Daily Mirror. The SAS have been sent into Iraq but how do they
:07:59. > :08:04.know that? I suppose it makes sense that you would have a corporate
:08:05. > :08:13.operation. I am sure. `` eight corporate operation. `` an
:08:14. > :08:18.undercover operation. Let's move on to the Daily Mail. Do not have a
:08:19. > :08:27.drink two days running. Latest advice from a health crime go. `` a
:08:28. > :08:34.health group. On a Friday night, here we are, not having a dropped! I
:08:35. > :08:50.am here until the very small hours and not a drop ball pass my lips!
:08:51. > :08:55.This not a drop will have my lips. Gerald Howarth says the advice is
:08:56. > :09:00.completely unrealistic! People have the common sense to know how to look
:09:01. > :09:06.after themselves. For him, the idea of not having a drink two days in a
:09:07. > :09:09.row is out of the question. What is interesting is that it sets a
:09:10. > :09:16.completely different tone from all of the other front pages. It has got
:09:17. > :09:23.a fairly light`hearted health story. It has a massive emotion for rather
:09:24. > :09:30.nice spring flowers and for the start of the football season. ``
:09:31. > :09:35.massive emotion. Why do you think they have done that? They stand
:09:36. > :09:40.apart from the doom and gloom. The Daily Mail understands its readers
:09:41. > :09:48.very well. It will probably sell more papers. They are probably more
:09:49. > :09:55.concerned about not being able to drink two days in a row! I wonder
:09:56. > :10:00.some days about the public appetite for what is happening in Iraq. We
:10:01. > :10:05.look at them all of the time, of course, that is what we do, but do
:10:06. > :10:11.other people want to hear about it? It is very difficult. There are wars
:10:12. > :10:18.going on on almost three fronts and the news is a mitigating. Your taxi
:10:19. > :10:22.driver on the way in says will you be talking about the war tonight?
:10:23. > :10:29.And you said which one? There is that much conflict to choose from.
:10:30. > :10:37.You cannot fail to be struck by the fact that the bestselling Saturday
:10:38. > :10:43.newspaper focuses on avoiding the story of the day. We are
:10:44. > :10:48.traditionally the new silly season and there are not any stories! This
:10:49. > :10:54.is a silly season front page and it is not silly season at all. There
:10:55. > :11:04.are more stories than usual. Are we turning into a nanny state? They do
:11:05. > :11:11.not say how much she can drink! Do not drink a bottle of wine! That is
:11:12. > :11:14.a good idea. It is undeniable that deaths and illnesses from liver
:11:15. > :11:19.disease are growing. Deaths from things like cancer and heart disease
:11:20. > :11:27.are dropping. There is probably a bit of truth in there. Let's move
:11:28. > :11:32.on. Let's look at The Daily Express and they are also avoiding the
:11:33. > :11:37.situation in the Middle East. Storms mayhem and The Met office issues a
:11:38. > :11:47.severe weather warning. Sunday is going to be an unpleasant day. It
:11:48. > :11:52.could have been worse if the storm had travelled further north. We do
:11:53. > :11:56.not know where it is going and we know that The Daily Express likes a
:11:57. > :12:03.weather story. The readers do as well. They say there is a 60% chance
:12:04. > :12:07.that we will get it but if you go onto their website, there is a story
:12:08. > :12:13.about the end of days because there will be a huge moon that apparently
:12:14. > :12:18.will make the weather even worse. Nostradamus wrote about this some
:12:19. > :12:27.time ago. Let's look at the Daily Telegraph again. Another story that
:12:28. > :12:36.is interesting. The suggestion that collection boxes, postboxes will be
:12:37. > :12:43.collected earlier as part of Royal Mail you restructuring. ``
:12:44. > :12:54.restructuring. I have done that race around trying to find the collection
:12:55. > :12:57.box for the last posting of the day. Letters are doing very badly for
:12:58. > :13:05.Royal Mail because nobody sends them and everyone is online. Since the
:13:06. > :13:12.sale of Royal Mail, the business is doing better but they aren't doing
:13:13. > :13:18.well delivering packages. `` they are doing well. Internet shopping.
:13:19. > :13:26.The days of the postbox might be numbered. There are a lot of people
:13:27. > :13:30.who do not rely on the Internet. I am thinking about older people who
:13:31. > :13:43.do not shop online. They depend on letters. Or getting your passport
:13:44. > :13:47.delivered. There are certain things that still come in the post. You are
:13:48. > :13:50.saying it was not cost effective because there are still matters to
:13:51. > :13:55.be collected, but it is hastening the demise, isn't it? If you think,
:13:56. > :13:59.it is no good, because actually, if I have not gutted posted by 9am,
:14:00. > :14:05.then I do not stand a chance, and people are going to use it west. I
:14:06. > :14:08.think the area that is still booming as birthday cards. Everybody still
:14:09. > :14:12.likes to get a card, don't they, rather than something over the
:14:13. > :14:15.Internet? It does not feel very personal, does it, an electronic
:14:16. > :14:20.card. Apologies to those companies that make them, and allow you to
:14:21. > :14:23.design them with twinkly bits of music and snow falling. Or they do
:14:24. > :14:28.not work at all. That is always disappointing. You cannot go wrong
:14:29. > :14:32.with a card. That is the Papers for this hour, but we will be returning
:14:33. > :14:38.at 11:30pm to look at the front pages of the morning News. Stay with
:14:39. > :14:41.us, because at 11pm, the US attacks Islamic militants in Iraq, watching
:14:42. > :14:59.air strikes in the north of the country. Now it is time for
:15:00. > :15:05.Sportsday. Good evening. Welcome to Sportsday.
:15:06. > :15:07.Coming up in the programme, Rory