:00:00. > :00:00.commentator. And we have the start of the capital
:00:00. > :00:21.one cup. That is all in Sportsday. Welcome to our lookahead at what the
:00:22. > :00:27.papers will be bringing us tomorrow morning. With me are the FT's Deputy
:00:28. > :00:31.political editor Beth Rigby and John Kampfner, director of the creative
:00:32. > :00:35.industries Federation. The Telegraph leads with the news that trials are
:00:36. > :00:39.under way on a new drug that would allow damaged hearts to recover
:00:40. > :00:42.without the need for major surgery. A migration warning in the Express,
:00:43. > :00:48.that claims thousands are massing to cross the Channel.
:00:49. > :00:51.The Guardian says that Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al`Maliki appears to
:00:52. > :00:56.have lost his job in the wake of jihadists sweeping across the north
:00:57. > :00:59.of the country. A story we've been covering this
:01:00. > :01:03.evening on the News Channel ` the woman who's baby buggy was swept
:01:04. > :01:08.onto the tube lines ` is the image that dominates the front of The
:01:09. > :01:14.Metro. And the same image on the front of
:01:15. > :01:17.The Mail. You can see some stills. The paper also claims the Human
:01:18. > :01:22.Rights Act allowed judges, they say, to make up the law.
:01:23. > :01:25.The crisis in Iraq dominates the front of The Times, which says armed
:01:26. > :01:28.RAF aircraft will be assisting the US in their operations in the north
:01:29. > :01:31.of the country. More Iraq in The Mirror with a plea
:01:32. > :01:37.from the refugees fleeing the Islamists in IS saying "Save Us".
:01:38. > :01:40.And also on the front of the independent. An image of Yazidis
:01:41. > :01:43.fleeing the jihadists with the paper saying the country is descending
:01:44. > :01:59.into chaos as Britain prepares to intervene. Let us begin with the
:02:00. > :02:05.times. And what it has to say about Britain's role, potentially
:02:06. > :02:11.expanding role, in Iraq. The story tonight from the UK's perspective is
:02:12. > :02:20.the UK are sending fighter bombers to actually drop aid. The government
:02:21. > :02:25.line is holding at the moment. At this time, they do not anticipate
:02:26. > :02:29.any military intervention beyond humanitarian aid. They are also
:02:30. > :02:38.giving assistance to the US in terms of surveillance. John, do you think
:02:39. > :02:51.that can hold given the pressure was to ``? .
:02:52. > :02:55.There are MPs, particularly those Christian, saying our brothers and
:02:56. > :03:01.sisters of the faith are being slaughtered. We know how reluctant
:03:02. > :03:08.Parliament was to get involved in Syria. And also, the convention in
:03:09. > :03:16.Parliament is for any boots on the ground anyway, there must be a
:03:17. > :03:20.recalling of Parliament. That is something the Prime Minister will be
:03:21. > :03:27.reluctant to do. There is still some milage to go with President Obama
:03:28. > :03:37.and his statement this evening. It was not ready in the American
:03:38. > :03:43.population at all. `` readying. Your instinct is the UK would not jump
:03:44. > :03:49.ahead of the United States? We did in Libya, but it was cleared with
:03:50. > :03:59.the Americans. It was planned for quite sometime, the contingency. The
:04:00. > :04:03.jury is out. That is polite. Libya has gone down pretty fast since
:04:04. > :04:10.then. Afghanistan was anything but a success. We know the consequences of
:04:11. > :04:17.Iraq. The instinct to intervene is quite understandable. It is quite
:04:18. > :04:21.legitimate. Then what? And you end up owning it if you do intervene.
:04:22. > :04:30.Let us look at your paper, the Financial Times. It has Iraq stuffed
:04:31. > :04:34.dominating the Financial Times. It is not just holding back the Islamic
:04:35. > :04:39.State fighters, it is the government appears to be at war with itself.
:04:40. > :04:46.This is the developing story tonight. You saw that with the
:04:47. > :04:53.statement from Obama. He talks about the changes in Iraq. Nouri
:04:54. > :05:07.al`Maliki, the Prime Minister, has been replaced by the Deputy Speaker.
:05:08. > :05:20.He was educated in Manchester. The issue that the FT are raising is
:05:21. > :05:23.whether or not this is an emerging political crisis. Nouri al`Maliki
:05:24. > :05:30.says he does not want to go. The issue is whether he has any sway
:05:31. > :05:36.with the militarily. Militia groups have been mobilised on the streets.
:05:37. > :05:43.There are fears he might use force to retain leadership. There is an
:05:44. > :05:51.increased security presence on the streets of a date. `` Baghdad. What
:05:52. > :05:57.is worrying about this, Obama in the statement talked about inclusive
:05:58. > :06:03.government. People in Iraq would argue the sectarian nature with
:06:04. > :06:11.which Nouri al`Maliki ruled Iraq has given space for this insurgency. We
:06:12. > :06:17.have got the picture on the front cover. Let us look at the caption.
:06:18. > :06:23.Yazidis fleeing. It is interesting, we have this patchwork of different
:06:24. > :06:32.interests in Iraq. It has always been there. Part of the Constitution
:06:33. > :06:35.was trying to stitch it together. With all the external pressures,
:06:36. > :06:44.never mind the political one, the stitching is coming to part. ``
:06:45. > :06:47.apart. That is one of the unintended consequences of the military
:06:48. > :06:53.intervention. If you go across the Middle East, the most unpleasant,
:06:54. > :07:01.vicious, Thai radical dictators, whether you are talking about Saddam
:07:02. > :07:10.Hussein, Hosni Mubarak, Bashar al`Assad in Syria, they kept all the
:07:11. > :07:15.sectarian divides together, simply by having a police state and killing
:07:16. > :07:20.or putting in prison anybody who caused any trouble. Once the genie
:07:21. > :07:25.is out of the bottle, this is the consequence. It takes decades, it
:07:26. > :07:33.will take decades of nationbuilding. Moving on to
:07:34. > :07:37.domestic news with the Guardian. Interesting story. This is the
:07:38. > :07:48.Labour Party trying to take the initiative on education. Giving some
:07:49. > :07:53.people sleepless nights. Parents. Your daughter is waiting for her
:07:54. > :08:01.results? You will be interested in this. The Labour Party saying,
:08:02. > :08:14.contrary to Michael Gove's plans to scrap AS`level is, it wants to
:08:15. > :08:19.retain them? I think the idea of, I went through, everything hinges on
:08:20. > :08:27.the final bit. It does not suit some people. I thought we had moved on. I
:08:28. > :08:31.am interested in what appears to be them being quite cautious. This is
:08:32. > :08:35.probably one of those stories where they will accentuate what they will
:08:36. > :08:42.do and play down what they will leave alone. There are some elements
:08:43. > :08:49.of the reform that they will keep. But everything depends on the final
:08:50. > :08:59.call. There are many 17 and 18 `year`olds to develop at such
:09:00. > :09:03.different cases. `` pieces. There is the idea that the AS`level was
:09:04. > :09:11.thought to be better for those pupils who might not otherwise get
:09:12. > :09:14.to higher education. That is something people recruiting for
:09:15. > :09:20.universities and other institutions have valued. That might be lost. We
:09:21. > :09:26.are seeing a shrinking of university places anyway. A worry for those
:09:27. > :09:33.parents who may have children of that age in a few years. Labour
:09:34. > :09:39.placed the stories in the Guardian because they are pushing an open
:09:40. > :09:48.door. The point that you raised, this is cutting social mobility. It
:09:49. > :09:54.is a regimented, Victorian system where children who take longer to
:09:55. > :09:56.develop or children who are more disadvantaged are being shut out
:09:57. > :10:05.before they even have a chance to have a go. I think it is very
:10:06. > :10:13.politically, labour are going to go big on education into the election.
:10:14. > :10:17.Not least because Michael Gove has become so toxic in some quarters,
:10:18. > :10:23.particularly with the teachers, that he has been shuffled out of his job.
:10:24. > :10:32.He is the leading reformist of the Tories. Even if Labour do not win
:10:33. > :10:37.the next election, we have had as much reform as we can take for now?
:10:38. > :10:43.The other thing that is interesting where the Tories want to go,
:10:44. > :10:51.although Michael Gove has been controversial, what public policy
:10:52. > :10:58.can they really go on? They cannot do the NHS. They are not strong on
:10:59. > :11:06.the NHS. David Cameron tied into the aspirational nation stuff.
:11:07. > :11:15.Moving on to the Daily Mail. The story about the buggy being swept
:11:16. > :11:22.onto the tracks. Amazing pictures. Police want people to say, it is
:11:23. > :11:27.dangerous to jump on the rails. It is hard to imagine what a parent in
:11:28. > :11:32.this situation would otherwise do. Anything could have happened. What
:11:33. > :11:43.was the alternative? Stand there and watch. A split`2nd decision. She
:11:44. > :11:49.acted on instinct. 99% of people would have done the same thing.
:11:50. > :11:59.Whatever you see struggling in the water, you just have to do it.
:12:00. > :12:04.Obviously they have to say that. Nobody is endorsing jumping on the
:12:05. > :12:12.tracks. I heard this on the way in on the radio. I asked in the car. It
:12:13. > :12:23.is absolutely horrifying. An amazing mother, if it were my toddler on the
:12:24. > :12:26.tracks, you would just do it. You would not think, this is too
:12:27. > :12:36.dangerous. People will be talking about this. The thing over briefly.
:12:37. > :12:40.`` flipping. The Minister leaving because he cannot afford to bring
:12:41. > :12:51.his family down to London when he is stuck hair. The Daily Telegraph have
:12:52. > :12:54.put a spin on it. They led the campaign with the expenses scandal
:12:55. > :13:01.which brought about the new reforms. Under the new reforms, MPs who rent
:13:02. > :13:07.a flat in London and have a constituency miles away at have
:13:08. > :13:13.limited amount of money to spend at home. He says, I cannot have my
:13:14. > :13:17.children in London with me. We really are scraping the bottom of
:13:18. > :13:28.the barrel. It is August and it is summer. Deckchairs being widened.
:13:29. > :13:38.Even though I have been on a diet, I am having problems with the chess in
:13:39. > :13:46.the studio. `` chair is. 36 inch wide. Airlines in the United States
:13:47. > :13:51.have widened shares as well. That is the way of the demographic. It makes
:13:52. > :14:00.me wonder if they might charge more for it. Can you imagine how
:14:01. > :14:06.depressing that would be? Can I have the super`size, please? That is not
:14:07. > :14:16.to happen to us, we are both on diets. Thank you so much to both of
:14:17. > :14:21.you. Stay with us. At midnight, the latest from Iraq as western airdrops
:14:22. > :14:23.continue to help refugees. Coming up next, Sportsday.