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:00:15. > :00:18.Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be

:00:19. > :00:20.With me are Pippa Crerar, political correspondent

:00:21. > :00:31.And the Spectator's political correspondent, Katie Balls.

:00:32. > :00:36.Thanks for coming in. The top stories.

:00:37. > :00:39.The Times headline is Europe under threat, it says terrorists

:00:40. > :00:42.are posing a risk by posing as immigrants.

:00:43. > :00:45.The Telegraph focuses on Brexit - it reports EU judges could still

:00:46. > :00:49.It also features an image of a baby found alive in the rubble

:00:50. > :00:59.The Mail is one of several newspapers to concentrate

:01:00. > :01:06.It marks the moment the Princes were told of their mother's death.

:01:07. > :01:09.The I leads with the news that Britain is backing President Trump's

:01:10. > :01:12.It says the UK Defence Secretary believes the increase

:01:13. > :01:16.The Express carries an image of Princes Charles, William

:01:17. > :01:21.and Harry on the day of Diana's funeral.

:01:22. > :01:23.The Metro has a similar story reporting that Harry

:01:24. > :01:26.is defending his dad and says Prince Charles did his best.

:01:27. > :01:27.The Mirror also marks Princess Diana's death.

:01:28. > :01:29.It also says the princes have praised their father

:01:30. > :01:38.And ahead of transport Summit for political and business leaders in

:01:39. > :01:41.the North of England, the Yorkshire post has an exclusive interview with

:01:42. > :01:45.the Transport Secretary. Chris Grayling said it is not the

:01:46. > :01:55.government's jobs to advance a Crossrail for North. Many people

:01:56. > :02:02.will wonder why not. The Times, Europe under threat. An arresting

:02:03. > :02:05.picture. Of the troops and an operation trying to deal with

:02:06. > :02:11.migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean. And a familiar

:02:12. > :02:19.refrain and fear that in that boat of migrants, maybe people posing as

:02:20. > :02:24.terrorists. This is something we heard several years ago from figures

:02:25. > :02:28.like Nigel Farage. Right now we have the Libyan Prime Minister in this

:02:29. > :02:32.investigation, warding Europe will be increasingly at risk unless more

:02:33. > :02:37.is done to help them stand the number of migrants heading to Italy

:02:38. > :02:41.and the rest of Europe. Italy is suffering a lot from this and they

:02:42. > :02:45.feel abandoned by the rest of Europe when it comes to dealing with the

:02:46. > :02:51.number coming in. Hopefully it will mean they were. To work out how to

:02:52. > :02:57.help each other. The British already have ships out there, picking up

:02:58. > :03:01.people and also trying to patrol the waters off the Libyan coast and

:03:02. > :03:07.indeed the coalition is trying to deal with that. What more can be

:03:08. > :03:11.done? What the Libyan Prime Minister is suggesting is that Western

:03:12. > :03:16.nations need to offer more support on land, it is not just about

:03:17. > :03:21.patrolling the Mediterranean. That there is a porous southern border to

:03:22. > :03:26.Libya, which is not a stable country, and to prevent the huge

:03:27. > :03:32.numbers of migrants arriving in Libya in the first place, apparently

:03:33. > :03:37.700,000 there just now, of which 98,000 have already attempted to

:03:38. > :03:40.make the crossing to Italy, that they need support in strengthening

:03:41. > :03:48.backboard. It feeds into this general fear that individuals from

:03:49. > :03:54.conflict zones across North Africa and the Middle East could start to

:03:55. > :03:57.head towards Europe. I was at a briefing with the American embassy

:03:58. > :04:03.this morning with the Major General Rupert Jones, the deputy commander

:04:04. > :04:10.of the coalition infighting Isis in Iraq and Syria and he was trying to

:04:11. > :04:14.offer reassurance that foreign fighters, British, European, North

:04:15. > :04:19.African fighters in Syria, they are so intent on saving their own lives

:04:20. > :04:22.in that region, they are not focusing on coming back to Europe

:04:23. > :04:26.and launching attacks. Is there a moral case Britain has to answer

:04:27. > :04:33.because of the situation in Libya and the intervention of us and the

:04:34. > :04:37.French to topple Colonel Gaddafi? The crisis in Libya was not

:04:38. > :04:42.resolved. When David Cameron went in there he thought it would be and we

:04:43. > :04:52.have made it in some ways worse. They call for Brussels to police the

:04:53. > :04:55.border and sometimes you have to make what seems to be a tougher

:04:56. > :05:02.decision that just welcoming more boats. It is difficult. There is not

:05:03. > :05:07.easy solution. Indeed and another story that has been going on for the

:05:08. > :05:13.last 16 years, the war in Afghanistan. Apparently it was a

:05:14. > :05:17.stupid war wasting time and effort, according to candidates Donald

:05:18. > :05:22.Trump, but now he wants to send more troops to Afghanistan. It is now his

:05:23. > :05:28.war and no one else's. He described the conflict as a waste and would

:05:29. > :05:32.not be the first US presidential candidate who became president who

:05:33. > :05:37.made a U-turn on getting involved in foreign interventions. President

:05:38. > :05:45.Obama was the same stop he did and he increased the troops to 100,000

:05:46. > :05:50.at one point. There is now about 8000 special forces supporting the

:05:51. > :05:54.Afghan army and the US military suggesting they will increase it by

:05:55. > :05:58.4000, and Donald Trump and his Defence Secretary made it clear they

:05:59. > :06:10.expect other Nato members to boost their presence. And the I has a

:06:11. > :06:14.story with our Defence Secretary said the troop increase is necessary

:06:15. > :06:20.to stay the course but what the I does not say is that we have about

:06:21. > :06:24.500 troops on the ground at the moment in supporting roles and in

:06:25. > :06:31.June, Britain announced it would send over another 85 members of the

:06:32. > :06:36.Armed Forces. It is unlikely we are going to be amongst those increasing

:06:37. > :06:41.troops on the ground. We are more likely to fill the capability gaps

:06:42. > :06:47.such as providing logistical support, aircraft, advice and

:06:48. > :06:50.training. I do not think we will see an uplift in the numbers of British

:06:51. > :06:55.soldiers going. Is there the possibility of mission creep and

:06:56. > :07:01.Britain being sucked in slowly again to this conflict? Yes, we saw Jeremy

:07:02. > :07:08.Corbyn said to Theresa May today not to follow Donald Trump library on

:07:09. > :07:13.the issue. I think... Jeremy Corbyn is noninterventionist here, as Trump

:07:14. > :07:20.once was. I think everyone's eyes will be on Theresa May to see if she

:07:21. > :07:24.will be a poodle in this. Or, support a Nato ally. If she looks

:07:25. > :07:28.like she is going in because maybe she wants a trade deal and a better

:07:29. > :07:33.relationship. Although there is probably a lukewarm feeling to

:07:34. > :07:36.sending troops we saw what happens in Syria when you do not intervene

:07:37. > :07:45.so there might be more public support. The Financial Times. Trump

:07:46. > :07:50.and sanctions. US sanctions raise pressure on Russia and China to

:07:51. > :07:55.sever North Korea links. The company is America identified in Russia and

:07:56. > :08:00.China and what they think is helping send materials to North Korea for

:08:01. > :08:06.these missiles and it comes after heightened tensions between America

:08:07. > :08:09.and North Korea. Especially with China, the Donald Trump

:08:10. > :08:14.administration is frustrated China has not done more to control North

:08:15. > :08:20.Korea and they think they can stop that China has a sway there. By

:08:21. > :08:26.forcing sanctions, in a way America is trying to force China's hand.

:08:27. > :08:29.Already we have the response from China which is they expect them to

:08:30. > :08:36.be lifted. And they supported UN sanctions against North Korea for

:08:37. > :08:43.the recent missile tests, so they feel the action by the US is a

:08:44. > :08:49.mistake and should be reversed. President Trump is right, if there

:08:50. > :08:52.is one country that can affect the behaviour of the regime in

:08:53. > :08:59.Pyongyang, seemingly it is the Chinese. But they have their own

:09:00. > :09:05.issues. China is concerned about their trading relationship with the

:09:06. > :09:10.states and President Trump has not shied away from suggesting it

:09:11. > :09:16.potentially could be ripped up and redrawn. They will have to be

:09:17. > :09:21.conscious I am sure of the relationship with the US and also in

:09:22. > :09:29.terms of its relationship with the rest of the region. China is in a

:09:30. > :09:33.strange position where it is seen as being the policeman, relied on by

:09:34. > :09:37.the US to be the policeman for that region when it comes to North Korea,

:09:38. > :09:41.but of course has other more complicated relationships with other

:09:42. > :09:45.countries in the region such as South Korea, Japan, they have to

:09:46. > :09:50.take into account. And the complicated relationship with North

:09:51. > :09:55.Korea. Does not want that place blowing up and having millions of

:09:56. > :10:02.people flooding over its border. Katie, baby boomer drinkers on the

:10:03. > :10:09.Telegraph. Interesting story. The irresponsible behaviour of the over

:10:10. > :10:16.50s. Why are you looking at me! I am not. That was my little joke. We

:10:17. > :10:22.were discussing whether to name and shame our parents. The gin and

:10:23. > :10:27.tonics at five o'clock. It means you learn from them. I learned from the

:10:28. > :10:37.best, my parents. I rudely interrupted. Risky drinking is down,

:10:38. > :10:42.apart from the over 50s and they say the people visiting hospitals the

:10:43. > :10:46.most, not necessarily with alcoholism, but problems related to

:10:47. > :10:50.drinking a lot of this group. At the same time, they have probably

:10:51. > :10:56.reached retirement, a perfect time to have a drink. They do not have

:10:57. > :11:02.mortgages for their big houses. And with their triple lock, they are

:11:03. > :11:08.laughing! Seriously, we are seeing an incidence of high levels of

:11:09. > :11:14.drinking going down in other age groups. This is the group where it

:11:15. > :11:21.seems to go up. Official figures show a trebling of alcohol-related

:11:22. > :11:26.admissions among those between 55 and 74. Iron age group that is

:11:27. > :11:29.getting to the point where eventually -- it is an age group

:11:30. > :11:34.where other health complications will kick in. And hike alcohol

:11:35. > :11:39.consumption will not be helpful. The front page of the Daily Mail, the

:11:40. > :11:48.anniversary of the death of Princess Diana. The Princes moment daddy told

:11:49. > :11:52.'s mum was dead. The express and the Mirror have this story from a BBC

:11:53. > :11:59.documentary that is being aired on Sunday. I guess it is trying to

:12:00. > :12:06.redress the balance. Prince Charles came out as the bad guy in the days

:12:07. > :12:15.after and years after Diana's death. But in terms of whether the infamous

:12:16. > :12:18.photo the Mirror has on the front page, hours after the boys were told

:12:19. > :12:23.their mother had died they were dragged to a church service in

:12:24. > :12:28.Balmoral and sat through a sermon from the minister that did not even

:12:29. > :12:32.mention their mother. There was a feeling the father possibly should

:12:33. > :12:37.not have put them through that. They have not spoken much about their

:12:38. > :12:45.father's support for them and this BBC documentary, in it they did and

:12:46. > :12:49.revealed he had been hugely supportive and obviously cares for

:12:50. > :12:54.them deeply. We saw the battle between both sides in the Royal

:12:55. > :12:59.Court, the Diana and Charles sighed, when she was alive, we are almost

:13:00. > :13:05.seeing it play out 20 years later. He was more to blame and fault? We

:13:06. > :13:09.saw in the Channel 4 documentary which way that was slant it. This

:13:10. > :13:15.perhaps is a way of redressing things. It is interesting with the

:13:16. > :13:19.anniversary we have had more of this coverage and I think Prince Charles

:13:20. > :13:26.has been painted in a negative light. An interesting intervention

:13:27. > :13:31.from his sons. It comes when polls show that the public mood is dipping

:13:32. > :13:36.slightly towards Prince Charles. If the public could, they might push

:13:37. > :13:40.Prince William forward and it might be now that public opinion will go

:13:41. > :13:47.up, to show there was a more human side to him. The Financial Times,

:13:48. > :13:56.vanilla crisis puts the posh ice cream market in a while. This is a

:13:57. > :14:00.story on the scale of the shocking avocado overpriced, how will the

:14:01. > :14:09.middle classes coke? Of a few weeks ago. We are talking first world

:14:10. > :14:13.problems. There is a posh London ice cream chain, which I have to say I

:14:14. > :14:22.have been known to frequent. There is a branch near me which has had to

:14:23. > :14:27.take vanilla off the menu because the vanilla crop from Madagascar has

:14:28. > :14:32.been hit by a cyclone and this year the price of vanilla is excessively

:14:33. > :14:38.high and these ice cream parlours cannot survive. If you like Mr

:14:39. > :14:51.Wimpy, you will be all right, but not the real thing. If you want to

:14:52. > :14:55.slum it, it is Mr -- Mr Whippy. But the farmers are making more money,

:14:56. > :15:03.so there is a plus. It is good to have you here. Thanks to you both.

:15:04. > :15:06.That is it, thank you to our guests and to you for watching.