:00:00. > :00:14.we have the latest from the European challenge cup. That is coming up.
:00:15. > :00:17.Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers
:00:18. > :00:25.With me are the broadcaster Penny Smith and Liam Halligan,
:00:26. > :00:28.the economics commentator for The Daily Telegraph.
:00:29. > :00:32."Nuclear Fallout" is the Metro's headline.
:00:33. > :00:34.It refers to the row between Britain and Russia
:00:35. > :00:37.after a public inquiry concluded the former Russian spy, Alexander
:00:38. > :00:39.Litvinenko, was probably killed with the approval of President Putin.
:00:40. > :00:42.The i goes with the same story, saying the Kremlin views
:00:43. > :00:50.The Times claims Russia could be linked to seven political
:00:51. > :01:01.assassinations apart from Litvinenko.
:01:02. > :01:03.The Guardian features the same story but also reports that
:01:04. > :01:06.one of Britain's top gynaecologists advises that a fifth
:01:07. > :01:10.of maternity units should close to ensure mothers get better care.
:01:11. > :01:13.The FT's top story is that US and European stock markets have
:01:14. > :01:16.recovered a little after the Central Bank prepared to launch
:01:17. > :01:19.The Mirror claims that the Conservatives could snub UK
:01:20. > :01:22.steel firms and use cheap imports to build new Royal Navy warships.
:01:23. > :01:24.The Daily Telegraph's front page highlights the news that
:01:25. > :01:27.the murder rate in England and Wales has risen sharply
:01:28. > :01:32.And finally, the Sun has more on the inquiry
:01:33. > :01:37.The paper says managers tried to hide accusations that an unknown DJ
:01:38. > :01:54.seduced a 15-year-old girl, who later killed herself.
:01:55. > :02:01.Russia in the frame for a string of murders. The picture on the front is
:02:02. > :02:07.of the two assassins, according to this report, of Alexander
:02:08. > :02:10.Litvinenko. And the suggestion is that other assassinations were
:02:11. > :02:18.carried out in the UK, but not necessarily by these two. We have a
:02:19. > :02:28.328 page report today. Everyone is wading through it. The headline, of
:02:29. > :02:36.course, is that the FSB probably sanctioned the killing of Alexander
:02:37. > :02:40.Litvinenko in 2006. Death by polonium in a London hotel. And that
:02:41. > :02:44.means that the Russian government probably is implicated as well. I
:02:45. > :02:50.think that what is interesting today, as well as the fact that this
:02:51. > :02:52.should provide some relief to the grieving widow of Alexander
:02:53. > :02:58.Litvinenko and his son, who has also been making media appearances today,
:02:59. > :03:04.is that the Russians have responded in kind calling this report blatant
:03:05. > :03:14.provocation and a politicising of what is in fact a criminal case. You
:03:15. > :03:16.do get the sense, however, from Whitehall that despite the strong
:03:17. > :03:22.rhetoric, the real point of today is to draw a line under this episode.
:03:23. > :03:29.There is no talk of sanctioning Russia beyond the exist and EU
:03:30. > :03:33.sanctions still in force... Except that they are considering, Theresa
:03:34. > :03:37.May is considering, isn't she? She is considering to see if they should
:03:38. > :03:47.issue fresh extradition requests for these two, one of whom is an MP and
:03:48. > :03:50.the other is a Russian Army veteran. They said they don't want to call
:03:51. > :03:55.for a boycott of the World Cup, which is in Russia in 2018. We are
:03:56. > :04:01.not seeking to punish ordinary citizens. But if they were going to,
:04:02. > :04:09.today would be the day to do it. But that wider point, in general, asking
:04:10. > :04:14.for the extradition of these two is frivolous. It ain't going to happen.
:04:15. > :04:18.If you really want to punish the Russians, you freeze President
:04:19. > :04:23.Putin's assets. They have already said they will do that. But then on
:04:24. > :04:31.the other hand, we do live in a global world and at the moment,
:04:32. > :04:36.Islamic State is a bigger issue than this and therefore... And we need
:04:37. > :04:41.Russia in order to try and get some sort of deal there. This has cast a
:04:42. > :04:50.shadow over bilateral relations for a decade between Russia and the UK.
:04:51. > :04:54.There is a lot of pragmatism, if I can put it that way, at the top of
:04:55. > :05:01.the British government that we need Russia not only to tackle Islamic
:05:02. > :05:03.State but also Russia as a member of the UN Security Council in terms of
:05:04. > :05:12.the rapprochement with Iran, which is also very important. David
:05:13. > :05:23.Cameron declares war on which can't lawyers. -- witch-hunt. They say
:05:24. > :05:27.they. Access to public money for foreigners who have not been in the
:05:28. > :05:32.UK for 12 months. -- they say they will choke off access. This is one
:05:33. > :05:41.of those stories that you have to undertake. Essentially, they are
:05:42. > :05:43.saying... And you can see from this headline, pm supports Daily
:05:44. > :05:50.campaign to prevent the hounding of brave British soldiers. -- Prime
:05:51. > :05:55.Minister supports. I want to put on my glasses to make sure I don't get
:05:56. > :06:04.this wrong. Sweeping changes to legal aid agreements. And what it
:06:05. > :06:09.says is that removing the financial incentive in what would be a legal
:06:10. > :06:17.first, Number Ten is also plotting to take draconian action against
:06:18. > :06:26.this person, who has led the charge against British troops. It involves
:06:27. > :06:29.claims that British soldiers went on a killing and torture spree
:06:30. > :06:38.following a fierce battle in southern Iraq in 2004. Documents
:06:39. > :06:45.could have brought the inquiry to an earlier conclusion. The man in
:06:46. > :06:51.question has said that over the last 12 years many cases of abuse made
:06:52. > :07:00.against the Ministry of Defence in the occupation of Iraq have been
:07:01. > :07:03.made successfully. No one is above the law. We cannot imagine that the
:07:04. > :07:12.Prime Minister is proposing this should change. And what I would say
:07:13. > :07:18.is that this is really an incredible story. More than 1500 compensation
:07:19. > :07:24.claims against British voters. And a lot of public money for legal aid.
:07:25. > :07:30.-- against British soldiers. And it is a no-win, no fee principle, which
:07:31. > :07:42.means anyone can get involved. But they have found instances... It has
:07:43. > :07:47.put a time limit on it and making sure that cases can only be brought
:07:48. > :07:55.that are sponsored by legal aid by alleged victims who are actually
:07:56. > :07:59.resident now in the UK. The Express. Migrant houses will go to flood
:08:00. > :08:06.victims. This is an interesting story, of course. As a result of the
:08:07. > :08:10.migration crisis, local councils across the UK have been required by
:08:11. > :08:17.governments to house a certain number of families fleeing the civil
:08:18. > :08:22.war in Syria. Britain's response has been to go to refugee camps and
:08:23. > :08:28.identify families rather than taking families who make it to Britain
:08:29. > :08:33.under their own steam in order to stop an exodus, if you well. Cumbria
:08:34. > :08:38.has been told to take 30 Syrian families. That was in November.
:08:39. > :08:42.Since then, we have had big storms and the terrible flooding in the
:08:43. > :08:47.Lake District and we have had news now that the crisis it can bring
:08:48. > :08:55.council has been granted an exemption by the government on this
:08:56. > :08:58.requirement. -- Cumbrian Council. That means those houses can be given
:08:59. > :09:04.to provide temporary accommodation to flood victims. That would make
:09:05. > :09:11.sense to a lot of people. One-man is quoted here, Matthew Connolly, and
:09:12. > :09:14.he says he totally understands there is now a local crisis which eclipses
:09:15. > :09:24.what is happening internationally and we need to sort ourselves out
:09:25. > :09:33.first. There is a general feeling that this makes sense. OK. The
:09:34. > :09:40.Mirror. Ultimate betrayal. Proud industry decimated. I feel terribly
:09:41. > :09:49.sorry for all of these communities. It does have a whiff of Wembley
:09:50. > :09:55.miners went to the wall. -- of when the miners. I was born in a mining
:09:56. > :10:04.area and after the event, you just think... When you look at the
:10:05. > :10:15.numbers, it is, for example, over 1000 jobs going in one place, 2000
:10:16. > :10:19.jobs elsewhere. And then more in Scotland. That already is more than
:10:20. > :10:27.4000. But with those jobs also go so many other jobs and a whole area, an
:10:28. > :10:33.area that becomes decimated, and it is totally understandable that there
:10:34. > :10:37.are people saying... I do understand that if you are in the EU, you have
:10:38. > :10:41.to put these things out to tender and so on, and it is all about
:10:42. > :10:45.getting the best deal, but at the same time, you cannot help but
:10:46. > :10:52.thinking that other countries have done it, other countries have bailed
:10:53. > :10:57.out their industries... Despite all of that devastation and decimation,
:10:58. > :11:03.they could be using foreign steel to build... The Mirror put their finger
:11:04. > :11:07.on something here using Freedom of Information and some other dry
:11:08. > :11:14.questioning of ministers. There will be frigates built on the Clyde. The
:11:15. > :11:19.Mirror is a feeling that the government may use steel for those
:11:20. > :11:24.frigates that is sourced abroad. Why would they do that? According to the
:11:25. > :11:27.Mirror, because they are trying British workers. According to the
:11:28. > :11:33.government, they are duty bound to get the best deal for taxpayers that
:11:34. > :11:41.they can. In 2014, the average price of British steel was between 800 and
:11:42. > :11:47.900 euros per metric ton and the average price of Chinese steel was
:11:48. > :11:51.around this 580 euros per metric ton. Since then, the pound has got
:11:52. > :11:56.stronger, which exacerbates that problem. Some people say that the
:11:57. > :12:02.Chinese are really dumping their steel at low prices in order to
:12:03. > :12:06.decimate our industry but it is extremely difficult to prove. The
:12:07. > :12:10.point is that we are all taxpayers and I think there would be a lot of
:12:11. > :12:13.people who would say that a better deal for us would not be to have
:12:14. > :12:26.loads of people unemployed and have these areas completely wiped out.
:12:27. > :12:32.Families using elderly relatives to steal cash. This is contactless
:12:33. > :12:44.payment cards. I don't like them. I do. It means you can... I told you
:12:45. > :13:03.that in confidence! Payments have chuckled in the last year. --
:13:04. > :13:05.tripled. These are horrible people stealing from elderly residents,
:13:06. > :13:13.mostly women over 80, who do not know that these cards don't require
:13:14. > :13:23.a PIN number and... Is this really a widespread problem? It seems to be.
:13:24. > :13:29.According to this charity that has conducted the study, it is a
:13:30. > :13:34.problem. I must say that despite the potential for abuse, I do think it
:13:35. > :13:40.is inevitable that there will be a lot more of this. With contactless
:13:41. > :13:48.card in any form. In the end we will have chips inside our wrists. I
:13:49. > :13:59.already have that. You can buy the drinks later. The Times. Think big.
:14:00. > :14:05.You have the biggest brain. Mine is very small. Mine is tiny. If I shake
:14:06. > :14:10.my head really hard, I can hear it rattling. We are getting to the
:14:11. > :14:14.point where we walk into a room and we cannot remember what we went in
:14:15. > :14:19.there four, and yet we can apparently is all 4.7 billion bugs
:14:20. > :14:27.in our head, including Tolstoy and Russell Brand. Do you want that one
:14:28. > :14:34.in your head? This is one of those great nerd stories. Is by the
:14:35. > :14:41.professor of computational neurobiology in California. I'm not
:14:42. > :14:45.sure I believe that. But don't we just love a Boston story? The part
:14:46. > :14:49.of the brain that Heelsville memory has capacity ten times greater than
:14:50. > :14:58.previous thought. -- deals with memory. 670 million webpages. They
:14:59. > :15:03.say they have unlocked the design principle. We discovered the key to
:15:04. > :15:10.unlocking the design principle for how hippocampal neurons deal
:15:11. > :15:16.with... Hippopotamus neurons? I love the idea of hippopotamus roaming all
:15:17. > :15:22.over the place. Anyone going on holiday this summer, why not take
:15:23. > :15:27.4.7 billion books with you? And then forget your passport!
:15:28. > :15:30.Coming up next, it's time for Sportsday.