:00:00. > :00:19.Apologies. We are three minutes late.
:00:20. > :00:23.Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be
:00:24. > :00:29.With me are the ever punctual journalist James Rampton
:00:30. > :00:36.and Lucie Fisher, Senior political correspondent at The Times.
:00:37. > :00:45.Have to make sure he's got his prop. Otherwise we will get marched off
:00:46. > :00:46.the set! Need to make sure by Raman has his eponymous pen.
:00:47. > :00:48.Theresa May will put the Manchester attack at the centre
:00:49. > :00:51.of her general election campaign, according to the Financial Times.
:00:52. > :00:53.Mrs May is also featured on the Telegraph's front page
:00:54. > :00:55.after she criticised Jeremy Corbyn's comments linking British foreign
:00:56. > :00:58.policy with UK terror attacks, saying Mr Corbyn was 'making
:00:59. > :01:18.Mrs May, who is attending the G7 summit, said voters faced a choice
:01:19. > :01:20.between her 'working constantly to protect the national interest
:01:21. > :01:23.and to protect our security' and Jeremy Corbyn, who she said
:01:24. > :01:25.'isn't up to the job,' according to the Guardian.
:01:26. > :01:29.The i's front page says police have told the public to 'go out and enjoy
:01:30. > :01:31.themselves' over bank holiday weekend because they have made
:01:32. > :01:33.'significant progress' in investigating terror networks
:01:34. > :01:35.The Daily Mail also leads on the investigation
:01:36. > :01:39.The newspaper reports there will be a security lockdown this weekend,
:01:40. > :01:41.with police and security forces expected to be present
:01:42. > :01:44.More than 23,000 potential jihadist extremists have been identified
:01:45. > :01:46.by intelligence services, according to The Times,
:01:47. > :01:49.There is a similar splash in The Express, which reports that
:01:50. > :01:52.a 'big blow' has been dealt to the extremists as police begin
:01:53. > :01:56.Meanwhile The Sun focuses on a separate terror plot as it says
:01:57. > :01:58.three men have appeared in court accused of planning to detonate
:01:59. > :02:04.After a week like this we will inevitably end the week looking back
:02:05. > :02:06.on what has happened in Manchester and the investigation and where he
:02:07. > :02:13.has got to. Making great progress see the police. The Times, UK home
:02:14. > :02:15.to 23,000 jihadist. Manchester bomb escape surveillance. An
:02:16. > :02:22.extraordinary number of potential suspects here. Who are of greater or
:02:23. > :02:28.lesser threat to the country. That's right. This is a figure given out by
:02:29. > :02:34.the Security minister. Of these 23,000, it said that 3000 people
:02:35. > :02:38.present a risk. There are 500 open operations. Really interesting
:02:39. > :02:42.detail is that Salman Abedi, the Manchester attacker, and also Khalid
:02:43. > :02:46.Masood, who committed the Westminster attacks several weeks
:02:47. > :02:50.ago, were both former subjects of these enquiries. They will not live
:02:51. > :02:53.suspects at the time of their attacks. It's quite a jittery sort
:02:54. > :02:57.of fact to learn, that they had been under suspicion that they had been
:02:58. > :03:03.deemed safe enough to move on enquiries from. You wonder how the
:03:04. > :03:08.security services are meant to cope with that number of potential
:03:09. > :03:12.suspects. Extraordinary. 20,000 who featured in that previous risk
:03:13. > :03:17.category, which is pretty scary. I heard an interesting debate on Radio
:03:18. > :03:25.2 today about, if we did not renew Trident, we would release 400,
:03:26. > :03:27.sorry, ?40 billion. Somebody was suggesting, we could put that
:03:28. > :03:32.straight into security services, because it takes 30 officers to
:03:33. > :03:37.monitor one suspect. It's incredibly labour-intensive. They are just
:03:38. > :03:42.overwhelmed with work at the moment. There is just too much, I think
:03:43. > :03:46.generally they are brilliant at their job, but there is too much for
:03:47. > :03:50.too few people to do. It doesn't say in this article the backgrounds of
:03:51. > :03:53.these people. Have they come from abroad or are they British-born? Are
:03:54. > :03:58.they British citizens, have they been abroad to places like Libya and
:03:59. > :04:03.Syria? Have they been radicalised that way? There was a great deal of
:04:04. > :04:07.detail missing. But it shows the scale of the problem that they are
:04:08. > :04:13.facing. That's right. One of the difficult things is that many of the
:04:14. > :04:17.studies conducted in places particularly with more intensive
:04:18. > :04:21.suicide bombing trends, such as Iraq and Afghanistan, there does not seem
:04:22. > :04:26.to be an obvious psychological background profile. Some people are
:04:27. > :04:30.poor, some middle-class, some highly intelligent, some quite thick and
:04:31. > :04:35.easily brainwashed. If there were an easy fit of background it would make
:04:36. > :04:40.these people, the security officers who have to watch them, a lot
:04:41. > :04:45.easier. The Telegraph them. Corbyn is making excuses for terror
:04:46. > :04:48.attacks, says May. Certainly the Conservatives piled into Jeremy
:04:49. > :04:50.Corbyn for what he said about British foreign policy being one of
:04:51. > :04:58.the sources for potential radicalisation. I know Corbyn fan,
:04:59. > :05:02.but I do think Boris Johnson in particular misrepresented what
:05:03. > :05:06.Corbyn said. He was not necessarily offering, as they have used this
:05:07. > :05:09.very eye-catching and perhaps hyperbolic phrase, he was not
:05:10. > :05:13.offering an excuse for terrorism. He was trying to explain why it might
:05:14. > :05:17.be happening. There was a poll saying 52% of people do believe that
:05:18. > :05:22.foreign wars have influenced terrorists in this country. It is
:05:23. > :05:26.slightly playing into my feeling that Theresa May is struggling in
:05:27. > :05:30.the selection. This is certainly something that has surprised us. She
:05:31. > :05:34.started with a 25 point lead, the latest poll has her down only to a
:05:35. > :05:38.5-point lead. That's a cataclysmic fall off. An insider from the Tories
:05:39. > :05:42.saying that they are slightly disappointed with her performance,
:05:43. > :05:46.that it has not taken off. They thought she would be like Angela
:05:47. > :05:49.Merkel, seen as the mother of the nation. But that just has not happen
:05:50. > :05:57.with Theresa May. Tories were expecting more. The golf poll you
:05:58. > :06:07.talk about. There are likely to be more polls over the weekend. -- the
:06:08. > :06:12.UGOV poll. Some say the timing of these comments was distasteful. I
:06:13. > :06:16.think that's right. Particularly with Corbyn this morning making an
:06:17. > :06:18.example of Britain's support for intervention in Libya, Libya
:06:19. > :06:25.obviously being the country Salman Abedi the attacker is a
:06:26. > :06:34.second-generation immigrant from. Had visited recently. So I think,
:06:35. > :06:39.the timing is odd. I would also say tactically from a campaign point of
:06:40. > :06:43.view, we think that before this terrible bombing happened, Theresa
:06:44. > :06:47.May was on the back foot, having to make this huge U-turn on social care
:06:48. > :06:51.policy. It strikes me as surprising and interesting that Labour got
:06:52. > :06:54.stuck in today on foreign policy, which is not traditionally their
:06:55. > :06:58.strong suit, particularly under Jeremy Corbyn who was not seem to
:06:59. > :07:02.have this orthodox or sort of mainstream views. They choose to go
:07:03. > :07:08.big on that as the topic with which to resume their campaign. Labour's
:07:09. > :07:11.traditional strengths are health and education. Education is a massive
:07:12. > :07:15.issue. We got a letter from our children state school this weekend,
:07:16. > :07:21.pleading for money, saying, we are going to be in real terms 20% down
:07:22. > :07:25.from where we were five years ago. That is catastrophic for a school
:07:26. > :07:30.that wants to provide a good service or its peoples. I really think that
:07:31. > :07:35.if Corbyn hammers that home, he has got an advantage because May looks,
:07:36. > :07:39.some people are calling her the May bot. She looks like somebody who has
:07:40. > :07:42.tunnel vision. When she is challenged, as Andrew Neil did
:07:43. > :07:46.brilliantly the other day, she struggles. Like the alien in those
:07:47. > :07:52.Ridley Scott films, who just repeat the same phrase over and over again.
:07:53. > :07:55.They are all guilty about. They all have their slogans. I know they are
:07:56. > :08:00.programmed to say stuff but she looks particularly so. Corbyn was
:08:01. > :08:06.interviewed by Andrew Neill and was on the back foot a bit, talking
:08:07. > :08:10.about Trident. He has been on the back foot. Well gas, Andrew Neil is
:08:11. > :08:14.an excellent journalist. Corbyn has been on the back foot. He was asked
:08:15. > :08:19.six times about the IRA and would not give a definitive answer. He has
:08:20. > :08:22.more Achilles heels than he has heels, Corbyn. He has so many weak
:08:23. > :08:27.spots. I think there will be more stuff about how mass and Hezbollah,
:08:28. > :08:35.that the Tories are just waiting to reveal about Corbyn. I feel they
:08:36. > :08:40.have some stuff. Dirty tricks, sadly sometimes when elections. Let's stay
:08:41. > :08:45.with the Telegraph. Suicide bomber may have used benefits to fund
:08:46. > :08:48.plots. What's the suggestion here? The suggestion is that the
:08:49. > :08:54.Manchester attacker used student loans funding to travel back to
:08:55. > :08:57.Libya. Where he is believed, the Telegraph says, to have learned
:08:58. > :09:02.bomb-making skills. There is a lot of interest around where his funding
:09:03. > :09:06.was coming from. That is a key element of the police and security
:09:07. > :09:10.services enquiries. The Times today was talking about how he had opened
:09:11. > :09:14.up the good of bank accounts through which to go to DIY stores to buy the
:09:15. > :09:20.nails, the shrapnel to include in the bombs. It says his finances are
:09:21. > :09:26.a major theme of the police enquiry. Having never held down a job? He
:09:27. > :09:30.allegedly claimed at least two student loans which were ?7,000
:09:31. > :09:38.each, with no intention of going to those colleges. That's ?14,000.
:09:39. > :09:42.Apparently one, he went to Libya to learn bomb-making. We were paying
:09:43. > :09:46.for that. Extraordinary, certainly some loopholes the need to be
:09:47. > :09:49.investigated. I am not really criticising the government on this
:09:50. > :09:54.because they are overwhelmed with threats and information, and also
:09:55. > :09:59.committee characters who pop up and claimed to be a threat but they are
:10:00. > :10:02.not really. It's identifying, and this is incredibly difficult, who is
:10:03. > :10:06.a real threat on who is a hoax, if you like. Back to that point but
:10:07. > :10:15.ultimately the terrorist is responsible for the actions they
:10:16. > :10:19.carry out. Of course. To the i, and the mail. This week where they have
:10:20. > :10:21.made incredible progress and several arrests, another one tonight of
:10:22. > :10:28.course in connection with the suicide bombing in Manchester. The
:10:29. > :10:32.i, police say, go out and enjoy yourselves. It is of course a bank
:10:33. > :10:38.holiday. So many public events taking place. Absolutely, not least
:10:39. > :10:44.people going off to the beach, resorts, theme parks. James I know
:10:45. > :10:47.you off to the FA Cup final. I work in the Palace of Westminster day
:10:48. > :10:51.today and it has really struck me as quite an unusual change to seize
:10:52. > :10:56.troops with their purple berries, parading around the estate. Seeing
:10:57. > :11:01.this picture here armed police with those huge machine guns. This is
:11:02. > :11:07.Scarborough. Worried about the donkeys there, I think. It feels
:11:08. > :11:14.very un-British Army. -- it feels very un-British to me. Absolutely
:11:15. > :11:16.right to keep the country safe. Seems to be a cross-party consensus
:11:17. > :11:21.on it. Andy Burnham has said, on it. Andy Burnham has said,
:11:22. > :11:26.Theresa May is right, he supports the move of raising the level to
:11:27. > :11:28.good God. It's about stopping people panicking. Getting into this
:11:29. > :11:32.building tonight there was an extra barrier had not seen before. I was
:11:33. > :11:35.at first denied because I did not have a pass, then thought that a
:11:36. > :11:38.good thing, it's reassuring to see that people are really taking it
:11:39. > :11:43.seriously and they are worried about our safety. That is very reassuring.
:11:44. > :11:47.I think the security services and the police in the terrible days
:11:48. > :11:51.following this appalling incident have really stepped up. They are
:11:52. > :11:56.reassuring people by their presence. I know there are sometimes sinister
:11:57. > :11:59.overtones about having armed police on the streets but this is the
:12:00. > :12:04.moment and the levels are critical, you really want that. Daily Mail
:12:05. > :12:07.talking about a bank holiday ring of steel, saying they are mine people
:12:08. > :12:14.bomber network. Security services bomber network. Security services
:12:15. > :12:17.saying, bear with us. You are going to have to be subject to extra
:12:18. > :12:28.security checks. But you can absolutely understand why. Even the
:12:29. > :12:31.Hay literary festival is mentioned! They will be furious their
:12:32. > :12:35.handkerchiefs and combatants will be searched. That is the level of
:12:36. > :12:41.security they are going for. -- their handkerchiefs and their
:12:42. > :12:48.cravats. I'm delighted there will be armoured cars. I think that's a
:12:49. > :12:52.strong message. I think the security service at the moment have to say to
:12:53. > :12:55.people, we are in control, and we are going to win this, because the
:12:56. > :13:00.alternative is unthinkable. We cannot give in to them. I know that
:13:01. > :13:03.is what people always say, but making the show of strength is
:13:04. > :13:10.important. To show our determination and resilience. Let's end with the
:13:11. > :13:18.Financial Times. Cloudless skies, bust - don't like that word, but
:13:19. > :13:26.anyway - bust nuclear record. It has been fabulously hot. And there is an
:13:27. > :13:28.energy benefit. I put on some suncream Iborra .my daughter today
:13:29. > :13:35.and it was sparkly. I looked like Anton did back from strip may come
:13:36. > :13:42.dancing. It's not all positive. I always have that mahogany spray tan,
:13:43. > :13:47.which apparently the fans love! It's got its own Twitter account, my
:13:48. > :13:53.spray tan. Anyway, there is a real benefit here, for the first time
:13:54. > :13:57.solar output has gone up to 24.3, outstripping the amount from nuclear
:13:58. > :14:01.power. That has to be good. Also bringing down the price of wholesale
:14:02. > :14:05.electricity which would be, which is much cheaper than they are expecting
:14:06. > :14:11.than that generated by Hinkley point. It's interesting, government
:14:12. > :14:17.subsidies and the price of solar panels falling by about 80% since
:14:18. > :14:23.2009 has allowed solar industries to have this huge rise. It's amazing to
:14:24. > :14:27.think a quarter of our electricity at lunchtime today was generated by
:14:28. > :14:32.the sun. Being a rather more rainy nation, I'm not sure we can count on
:14:33. > :14:36.such a record every day of the week. It's interesting that only 1.4% is
:14:37. > :14:43.still generated from coal. Perhaps for President Trump, who wants to
:14:44. > :14:46.create clean coal, and open all the coal mines in America again. It
:14:47. > :14:53.looks like he's been left behind by technology here. That's all we have
:14:54. > :14:54.time for. We never have enough time! If only there was a second paper
:14:55. > :14:55.review. Don't forget you can see the front
:14:56. > :14:57.pages of the papers online It's all there for you,
:14:58. > :15:01.seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers - and if you
:15:02. > :15:03.miss the programme any evening you can watch it
:15:04. > :15:05.later on BBC iPlayer. Thank you to my guests,
:15:06. > :15:24.James Rampton and Lucy Fisher. Good evening. It's been a hot day,
:15:25. > :15:25.the hottest of the year so far. That will culminate in