0:00:00 > 0:00:05Nicola Upson with her thriller Nine Lessons. It is set in 1930s'
0:00:05 > 0:00:09Cambridge and linked to the ghost stories of MR James.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be
0:00:21 > 0:00:22bringing us tomorrow.
0:00:23 > 0:00:30They have no better offers, so here they are.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32The Political Commentator, Jane Merrick,
0:00:32 > 0:00:34and the Deputy Head of Sport at The Sun, Martin Lipton.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37Tomorrow's front pages, starting with the I picks up on a story
0:00:37 > 0:00:38about a the Irish border which,
0:00:38 > 0:00:40the paper claims, could derail Brexit plans.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Also on Brexit, the Financial Times reports on two large pharmaceutical
0:00:43 > 0:00:45investments into the UK, providing a boost to Theresa May's
0:00:45 > 0:00:49vision for post-Brexit Britain.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52The Metro reports on the story of a stolen car killing five people,
0:00:52 > 0:00:54including two schoolboys.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56The Telegraph claims that a security review will recommend prioritising
0:00:56 > 0:01:00investment in cyber security, rather than the traditional Armed Forces.
0:01:00 > 0:01:05The Times runs with an investigation into children that are being used
0:01:05 > 0:01:06by criminal gangs as drugs runners.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10The Guardian leads with a report that patients' lives are being put
0:01:10 > 0:01:15at risk as inexperienced doctors are being left to run A&E units.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18The Mirror reports on claims that Russian cyber units are spreading
0:01:18 > 0:01:28false information about flu jabs in the UK.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32And the Express claims that Britain should brace for a month of icy
0:01:32 > 0:01:33weather in the run-up to Christmas.
0:01:33 > 0:01:34So let's begin.
0:01:34 > 0:01:49Something not on the list but on the front of the FT. A Saudi Prince
0:01:49 > 0:01:51pledges to root out Islamic Islamism in the world.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53pledges to root out Islamic Islamism in the world.
0:01:53 > 0:02:00Everybody would love the world to be rid of Islamic terrorism. He wants
0:02:00 > 0:02:04Saudi Arabia to be a much more moderate state. He's also being
0:02:04 > 0:02:07quite assertive in the region. This is obviously quite disconcerting if
0:02:07 > 0:02:12you are thinking about peace in the region, and obviously it is a threat
0:02:12 > 0:02:18to Iran. But he is saying that we need to rid the world of Islamist
0:02:18 > 0:02:22terrorism but obviously it doesn't bode well for the stability between
0:02:22 > 0:02:27Iran and all their states nearby. Talking about a pretty big military
0:02:27 > 0:02:34alliance.Yes, here we are the Sunni-Shia split was has been in
0:02:34 > 0:02:39Islam for hundreds of years, once again ruing its head. Saudi Arabia
0:02:39 > 0:02:44is a Sunni state and it is the Sunni states which include Iraq, Syria
0:02:44 > 0:02:50lobe yob and Yemen as a bloc here to the root out Islamic terrorism which
0:02:50 > 0:02:55happens to be pointed at Iran and ka too, the founding places of this.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59And there have been very good reasons for that to be stated but I
0:02:59 > 0:03:04think it reinforces this schism within the Islamic world,
0:03:04 > 0:03:07particularly the powerful states within that part of the Middle East
0:03:07 > 0:03:11and it'll be interesting to see what happens. Clearly there has been this
0:03:11 > 0:03:17change within Saudi Arabia in the last month or two in which there's
0:03:17 > 0:03:20been a very aggressive anti-corruption or nominal, at
0:03:20 > 0:03:25least, anti-corruption effort being put in by the Royal Family there.
0:03:25 > 0:03:31We'll come back to the FT in a minute. Look at the I. A rift with
0:03:31 > 0:03:37you do Lynne puts the Brexit deal in danger. The EU 27 saying - we have
0:03:37 > 0:03:41to sort the border out first and Liam Fox now saying - Martin, no,
0:03:41 > 0:03:47we'll sort the trade deal out first and worry about the border.TheThe
0:03:47 > 0:03:50problem is everyone is arguing their particular corners and no-one is
0:03:50 > 0:03:58appearing to join up the argument. So you have the issue about the hard
0:03:58 > 0:04:01border between the republic of #50ir8d and Northern Ireland, when
0:04:01 > 0:04:06we fall out of the EU, and the various...It could be an ordinarily
0:04:06 > 0:04:09departure if we get our skates on. We are talking about hard Brexit and
0:04:09 > 0:04:13the we are going to do it, it is not going to be that orderly. It is
0:04:13 > 0:04:18going to happen, some what may. The issues are so vast, you do wonder
0:04:18 > 0:04:29how we ended up with a deadline which is making everything more of
0:04:29 > 0:04:34concern. If we are going to leave the EU, the decision of the 52% that
0:04:34 > 0:04:38voted, maybe we should have been more sensible about how we got to
0:04:38 > 0:04:42that he end game. The issue for Ireland, the DUP are keeping
0:04:42 > 0:04:46Government in Government and whilst the DUP were a very pro-Brexit
0:04:46 > 0:04:50party, they also can't afford to see the economy of Northern Ireland
0:04:50 > 0:04:55undermined totally. Therein lies the danger.This is really serious for
0:04:55 > 0:05:00Theresa May. Actually she must be winds again wondering why she held
0:05:00 > 0:05:04an election, if she hadn't and lost her majority she wouldn't have the
0:05:04 > 0:05:10DUP in this game and it would be much more simple but obviously
0:05:10 > 0:05:14Ireland are upping the ante because they have their own possible general
0:05:14 > 0:05:18election looming. Are we seriously looking at stability in Ireland,
0:05:18 > 0:05:21with the UK, in danger because of Brexit? That's what is at stake
0:05:21 > 0:05:25here. There's no way that the deadline is going to be met by
0:05:25 > 0:05:37mid-December for this to be sorted out.Back to the FT.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Big pharmaceutical groups to provide a boost for May's post-Brexit
0:05:43 > 0:05:49vision.Yes, she needs something more positive. What is interesting,
0:05:49 > 0:05:52in the Budget last week, Philip Hammond was talking about
0:05:52 > 0:05:56post-Brexit UK and what the UK can get from where its progress can be.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00He was talking about driverless cards and technology and it seems
0:06:00 > 0:06:04like science and technology is their kind of answer as to how Britain
0:06:04 > 0:06:12moves forward outside the etch uchl. So this is good news if you hoped
0:06:12 > 0:06:15for this post-Brexit vision pharmaceutical companies will invest
0:06:15 > 0:06:20£1 billion, which could bring 17,500 high street jobs, which is really,
0:06:20 > 0:06:22you can be really positive about this, because this is where Britain
0:06:22 > 0:06:26does do well in science and things like that.But a lot of scientists
0:06:26 > 0:06:34were saying that we've got to have this cross EU community network,
0:06:34 > 0:06:37free movement of travel, movement of personnel, because a lot of research
0:06:37 > 0:06:42is not done in just one country.No, a lot of research is over a number
0:06:42 > 0:06:45of countries, they come together. There's also - you know people from
0:06:45 > 0:06:49all over Europe who come to work, who are scientists come to work in
0:06:49 > 0:06:58the UK, and if they're feeling uncomfortable they may want to go
0:06:58 > 0:07:01back to wherever they originate from. We've got to find a way of
0:07:01 > 0:07:05changing the economy. Quite clearly. We've go the to find new fields and
0:07:05 > 0:07:09new areas and if science is the way forward, then let's embrace this.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14I'm a bit worried about driverless cars, the idea of a future without
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Jeremy Clarkson is probably good news, though. I think we've got to
0:07:17 > 0:07:21try to explore everything. It's interesting that clearly Hammond was
0:07:21 > 0:07:29talking down this path last week in the Budget and while one would say
0:07:29 > 0:07:35£1 billion is not a huge amount of money, given we have agreed to £3
0:07:35 > 0:07:41billion to help us out Brexit-wise and 1700 jobs is not a lotDon't
0:07:41 > 0:07:47forget we are using the European Medicines Agency. I'm trying to be
0:07:47 > 0:07:53positive but we've lost that. Telegraph, reasons why Christians
0:07:53 > 0:07:58back Trump? This is the Archbishop of Canterbury? We hadn't spotted
0:07:58 > 0:08:06this before?All we have here is a paragraph on front. Trump has a huge
0:08:06 > 0:08:11- 85% of the evangelical Christian vote in the US. It's a huge part of
0:08:11 > 0:08:16his - despite all the issue, which you might thought would be
0:08:16 > 0:08:19counter-productive towards their support.It is particularly
0:08:19 > 0:08:23attitudes towards women that this attitude picks out, because they are
0:08:23 > 0:08:26completely unacceptable in Christian... . It's good to hear the
0:08:26 > 0:08:30archbishop say this and he is on the more progressive side of the Church
0:08:30 > 0:08:37of EnglandBut he talks about, yeah, he has talked that they are
0:08:37 > 0:08:40completely unacceptable. This is interesting, because there is a
0:08:40 > 0:08:44state dinner on the cards but not a fixed date. It is a dinner at which
0:08:44 > 0:08:47he will have to meet the US President. So, it is interesting how
0:08:47 > 0:08:51he is laying down a America, possibly and the President will
0:08:51 > 0:08:56probably respond in his usual way in a...In a tweet.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00The Times - thousands of children groomed as drug mules. This is a
0:09:00 > 0:09:04Times' investigation. This is taking place here, on an enormous scale
0:09:04 > 0:09:09according to this article.This is really the most appalling story, a
0:09:09 > 0:09:12really important investigation that the Times has done. I didn't know
0:09:12 > 0:09:17anything about this before, but it's this thing called - county lines,
0:09:17 > 0:09:21where children are groomed to take drugs between, around the country.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24They are talking about coastal towns. The investigation is talking
0:09:24 > 0:09:29about thousands of children being used as drug runners and they are
0:09:29 > 0:09:34using very similar techniques, grooming techniques to those in the
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Rotherham and Rochdale scandals. We are talking about children as young
0:09:37 > 0:09:42as 12, in care, so obviously more vulnerable and it really is an
0:09:42 > 0:09:45appalling story but it's very good that it's having a light shone on
0:09:45 > 0:09:49it.Yet another dimension to child exploitation.Absolutely. It is
0:09:49 > 0:09:53interesting here that the line in the second half of the story on
0:09:53 > 0:09:57front page of the Times talks about the prosecution, the police changing
0:09:57 > 0:10:03their tactics and charging the people behind this with human
0:10:03 > 0:10:06trafficking, under modern slavery legislation, which has much more
0:10:06 > 0:10:15significant penalties. It's a very, very worrying - actually quite
0:10:15 > 0:10:18chilling story to read and incredibly concerning. I think of
0:10:18 > 0:10:23all the front pages we have seen thus far, it's by far in a away the
0:10:23 > 0:10:27most important story by a very long way. I mean, you don't want to
0:10:27 > 0:10:32believe it is as big as this. But if it is, it is horrendous and chilling
0:10:32 > 0:10:36and, you know, as ath fare of young kids, it's a pretty scary prospect,
0:10:36 > 0:10:41I have to say.And also questions for the care system once again.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45Again.That this is being allowed to happen and the most vulnerable
0:10:45 > 0:10:48children in our society are being exploited in this way.And it veils
0:10:48 > 0:10:54like across a huge part of the country. A a network.We need to...
0:10:54 > 0:10:59Not one particular city or town.We need to know a lot more. This will
0:10:59 > 0:11:02be, I'm sure the start of this story because I can't believe it is a
0:11:02 > 0:11:06one-off hit. This is going to run and run and run. There are real
0:11:06 > 0:11:10issues that have to be addressed and uncovered and we need to know
0:11:10 > 0:11:14exactly what this is all about, but it is, as soon as we saw t the pair
0:11:14 > 0:11:18of us thought - we were shocked almost...It seems to have come out
0:11:18 > 0:11:24of nowhere. The Telegraph again - Armed Forces lose out to cyber war.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28When you've got limited funds you've got to make some difficult decision.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32An interesting scenario. A new Defence Secretary in Gary
0:11:32 > 0:11:37Williamson. His first major issue is an absolute war, it appears with
0:11:37 > 0:11:42Philip Hammond over the funding for the Armed Forces. The suggestion
0:11:42 > 0:11:45here is that the national security advisor has said it is more
0:11:45 > 0:11:50important to increase the funding to fight cyber attacks than to bolster
0:11:50 > 0:11:54the conventional Armed Forces. There is a £2 billion short fall t would
0:11:54 > 0:11:58appear in terms of what the MoD thought it needed and what it is
0:11:58 > 0:12:07going to get and it is not going to get that money because owe parts of
0:12:07 > 0:12:11our Security Services feel they have a bigger fight to fight over
0:12:11 > 0:12:15radicalisation, Isis and also, who knows potentially what the Russian
0:12:15 > 0:12:21threat actually is but there is a concern of criminal involvement in
0:12:21 > 0:12:25all sorts of evidence there.Will this money, though be regarded by
0:12:25 > 0:12:31Nato of the 2% of spending that we're supposed to give to defence
0:12:31 > 0:12:34That's separate, isn't it? I think what they are saying is that they
0:12:34 > 0:12:37need this to fund a short fall and actually this is interesting because
0:12:37 > 0:12:43it is sort of a new twist on an old story that the MoD have been
0:12:43 > 0:12:46underfund Ford years, say the defence and says the minister
0:12:46 > 0:12:49involved has always complained of going back decades of saying there
0:12:49 > 0:12:52isn't enough money. But we do need money for cyber terrorism, though.
0:12:52 > 0:12:58The threat is huge. Actually I think Britain has been slightly behind the
0:12:58 > 0:13:00curve on funding for this, on funding for the Security Services.
0:13:00 > 0:13:05Slightly behind. We do need money for that. As you say, it is the
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Russian threat that is quite important.It is interesting here
0:13:07 > 0:13:10that Philip Hammond is getting involved. He has been forced to step
0:13:10 > 0:13:16down two weeks ago. Apparently - well obviously the ex-Defence
0:13:16 > 0:13:21Secretary likely to speak out on what is the right level of defence
0:13:21 > 0:13:25spending. Shouldn't he have been doing that when he was Defence
0:13:25 > 0:13:32Secretary. That's the papers for this year. On
0:13:32 > 0:13:38Twitter we have a person looking forward to Andrew's papers stack.
0:13:38 > 0:13:44They have toed and froed a bit tonight. Maybe you