0:00:16 > 0:00:19Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be
0:00:19 > 0:00:21bringing us tomorrow.
0:00:21 > 0:00:25With me are Caroline Wheeler, the deputy political editor
0:00:25 > 0:00:27at The Sunday Times, and Jane Merrick,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29political commentator.
0:00:29 > 0:00:35Thank you for coming in. Nerve agents again.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38Tomorrow's Metro leads on the discovery that a nerve agent
0:00:38 > 0:00:40was used to try to murder a former Russian spy and his
0:00:40 > 0:00:41daughter in Salisbury.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44The Financial Times says the EU has 'forcefully rebuffed' Theresa May's
0:00:44 > 0:00:47vision for a Brexit trade deal.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50The Daily Telegraph also has the story of
0:00:50 > 0:00:52the poisoned Russian agent - it says pressure is mounting
0:00:52 > 0:00:57on the UK to take tough steps against the Kremlin.
0:00:57 > 0:00:58Tomorrow's Daily Express reports on heartbreak
0:00:58 > 0:01:01for Coronation star Bill Roache, whose daughter has died
0:01:01 > 0:01:04of a blood disorder.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07The Guardian also leads on the story of the poisoned Russian spy,
0:01:07 > 0:01:20with a CCTV image of Sergei Skripal at his local shop before
0:01:20 > 0:01:22he was apparently attacked with a nerve agent.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24The Daily Mirror calls the affair an outrage,
0:01:24 > 0:01:25and says UK fury is growing.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28The Sun highlights the police officer who was one of the first
0:01:28 > 0:01:31on the scene at the poisoning, calling him a hero cop.
0:01:31 > 0:01:32He is also now fighting for his life.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37So let's make a start.
0:01:37 > 0:01:46Metro... The police have said it is this deadly nerve agent, the kind of
0:01:46 > 0:01:52agent used in the Tokyo subway attack back in 95. This suggests a
0:01:52 > 0:01:58country or a state was behind this. Exactly and we have been waiting,
0:01:58 > 0:02:02this story broke on Sunday and has been running ever since but we have
0:02:02 > 0:02:07not known exactly what it was that has caused the grave injury to what
0:02:07 > 0:02:11we thought was two but now it is three with a police officer and it
0:02:11 > 0:02:18has been confirmed they think it might have been Sarin and this is a
0:02:18 > 0:02:21question of, how much damage has this done and how quickly hasn't
0:02:21 > 0:02:27happened? Also, who has perpetrated these crimes? There are not going to
0:02:27 > 0:02:32be that many people who have access to this time of material. Probably
0:02:32 > 0:02:35only a handful of states that could potentially have access to this sort
0:02:35 > 0:02:40of chemical weapons and of course, everybody is going to be thinking,
0:02:40 > 0:02:46it has to be Russia, given what we know about this particular agent was
0:02:46 > 0:02:49my background. Also, the fact that Vladimir Putin was on record at the
0:02:49 > 0:02:53time saying those who had been involved in this would eventually
0:02:53 > 0:03:00kicked the bucket. In terms of the seriousness of the story, it is
0:03:00 > 0:03:04ramping up. Not only because we now know what caused it but also because
0:03:04 > 0:03:10there is a British individual who has been caught up in this.Does the
0:03:10 > 0:03:13fax... It is appalling what has happened to Sergei Skripal and his
0:03:13 > 0:03:17daughter but the fact that a British officer has been injured in all of
0:03:17 > 0:03:22this, does not raise the stakes even more?I think it really does,
0:03:22 > 0:03:27already horrific but this has echoes of Yvonne Fletcher, the police
0:03:27 > 0:03:33officer caught up in the Libyan embassy. What is so horrifying, yes,
0:03:33 > 0:03:38this is so incongruous, I nerve agent in the middle of Salisbury
0:03:38 > 0:03:42does not make sense and what we will see, we saw Boris Johnson yesterday
0:03:42 > 0:03:47coming out quite robustly and calling Russia and maligned state.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51There is going to be more pressure for the government to do more than
0:03:51 > 0:03:57just too tough talk, particularly as is a British police officer a coma.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00If it is conclusively prove that perhaps Russia was involved and The
0:04:00 > 0:04:06Daily Telegraph says police man poisoned by nerve agent, the use of
0:04:06 > 0:04:13this rare chemical poison rarely -- really does put pressure on Britain,
0:04:13 > 0:04:17if it is proved the Russians were involved, to do something robust and
0:04:17 > 0:04:23move beyond words.Exactly, interesting to note that in fact
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Boris Johnson has not moved beyond merely what he said yesterday, which
0:04:26 > 0:04:30is talking about, if this is proven, this is going to be a robust
0:04:30 > 0:04:35response... The only other information we have tonight is that
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Kensington Palace has said the Duke of Cambridge had no plans to attend
0:04:38 > 0:04:45this year's World Cup in Russia. Because this was one of the things
0:04:45 > 0:04:48that Boris said yesterday, but potentially, if it was found to be
0:04:48 > 0:04:53that Russia had been involved in this incident, then diplomats and
0:04:53 > 0:04:56dignitaries would not go to the games and this has been confirmed.
0:04:56 > 0:05:03You are right, words are not going to be enough. Already there has been
0:05:03 > 0:05:07some talk from Labour about what sanctions would be imposed and that
0:05:07 > 0:05:12is indeed what happened after the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, and
0:05:12 > 0:05:17this case resemblance similar resemblances to.Some argue that the
0:05:17 > 0:05:23sanctions locker is empty. There are sanctions on Russia over Ukraine and
0:05:23 > 0:05:30Crimea, sanctions over Alexander Litvinenko, one wonders if the
0:05:30 > 0:05:32British have to go after those Russians who are here, funnelling
0:05:32 > 0:05:39money into this country? In Mayfair and Knightsbridge or whatever. Is
0:05:39 > 0:05:45that the kind of response that is perhaps needed?It is potentially. I
0:05:45 > 0:05:49don't know if you saw the recent series, Mafia, but the amount of
0:05:49 > 0:05:54money in London, Russian money, is a real factor in this case. I also
0:05:54 > 0:05:59note in the Telegraph, they say that the former agent, Christopher
0:05:59 > 0:06:05Steele, who compiled a dossier on Trump, he had links to Sergei
0:06:05 > 0:06:09Skripal, so it is caught up in everything. Vladimir Putin, after
0:06:09 > 0:06:14Alexander Litvinenko, some spies were expelled but the ambassador was
0:06:14 > 0:06:19not and the links were not severed and it is Hellfire we have pushed
0:06:19 > 0:06:25this, which was not enough. We can now see potentially that if this is
0:06:25 > 0:06:29indeed Russia, what he can get away with.Nothing has been proved but if
0:06:29 > 0:06:33it was proved that the Kremlin was involved, public pressure, given a
0:06:33 > 0:06:37British police ban has been caught up in this, could get very powerful.
0:06:37 > 0:06:43It did take a very long time for that link between Alexander
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Litvinenko, even though it is similar, you think, who else could
0:06:46 > 0:06:53it be? Why would the North Koreans be going after a Russian spy? But it
0:06:53 > 0:06:58took years for the enquiry to come back and actually point a finger at
0:06:58 > 0:07:04somebody with close links.I interviewed Chris Bryant on the
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Commons Foreign Affairs Committee and he said that the city because it
0:07:06 > 0:07:11took so long to start the enquiry in the first place. Staying with The
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Daily Telegraph... The battle to raise cash holding back female
0:07:14 > 0:07:18entrepreneurs.In relation to International Women's Day? That is
0:07:18 > 0:07:25tomorrow. I did a speech today at Roehampton University, there was a
0:07:25 > 0:07:29conference and it was fantastic that as a woman in my 40s, I can hear
0:07:29 > 0:07:34women in their 20s talking about harassment and empowerment, very
0:07:34 > 0:07:40positive. And this story in the Telegraph tomorrow is quite
0:07:40 > 0:07:45dispiriting, that there is this... Female entrepreneurship should be a
0:07:45 > 0:07:49great thing that the government gets behind but there is this funding gap
0:07:49 > 0:07:52preventing women from launching their own businesses and actually
0:07:52 > 0:07:55not all women have children but I know a lot of them have set up their
0:07:55 > 0:08:00own businesses because they have children and they want to juggle
0:08:00 > 0:08:04working from home. It is incredibly difficult to do that without money.
0:08:04 > 0:08:10Without backing. We are in 2018 and beget stories like this, pretty
0:08:10 > 0:08:16pathetic?It is and the other thing we see, we talk about the glass
0:08:16 > 0:08:19ceiling being about women getting the vote and representation, but
0:08:19 > 0:08:24there are also issues around the gender pay gap, which is pervasive
0:08:24 > 0:08:27and in pretty much every walk of life you will find that women doing
0:08:27 > 0:08:32the same job as a man earns substantially less. It is
0:08:32 > 0:08:35disappointing but also it is very good that in this day and age we can
0:08:35 > 0:08:39see attention raised for these issues and The Daily Telegraph with
0:08:39 > 0:08:44the big strapline and dodging this. International Women's Day is to be
0:08:44 > 0:08:47something that was quite underground, just a few of us
0:08:47 > 0:08:50getting together to celebrate but nothing that would be a national day
0:08:50 > 0:08:57of celibacy.The Financial Times. -- national day of celebration. The
0:08:57 > 0:09:04Saudi prince has been visiting the Queen.Speaking to Theresa May. On a
0:09:04 > 0:09:10three-day visit, he is reforming the Saudi Royal family and we keep
0:09:10 > 0:09:14getting told this and Jeremy Corbyn raise the issue that he is visiting
0:09:14 > 0:09:19and Prime Minister's Questions today and he put the two together with
0:09:19 > 0:09:22International Women's Day, asking why Theresa May is hosting a member
0:09:22 > 0:09:28of the Saudi Royal family with such a terrible record on an's writes and
0:09:28 > 0:09:37Theresa May said, think Jeremy Corbyn is mansplaining Jimmy! The
0:09:37 > 0:09:44timing is quite odd. Britain needs to talk to this reforming person, he
0:09:44 > 0:09:49plays a crucial role in the region. Does it have to be on International
0:09:49 > 0:09:57Women's Day? When the Saudis has such a terrible record.This
0:09:57 > 0:10:00individual has started to make some of the reforms that have not been
0:10:00 > 0:10:06made ever. Women are able to drive, it is worth remembering that at the
0:10:06 > 0:10:09moment they cannot drive or go to football matches and he has been a
0:10:09 > 0:10:15reforming voice for that. You are right, it is bad timing and it is
0:10:15 > 0:10:18interesting that Jeremy Corbyn picked this up when addressing the
0:10:18 > 0:10:22Conservative Party's second female major. And Labour still don't have
0:10:22 > 0:10:32any.The Guardian. Suspected victims... Facing the tag?The Prime
0:10:32 > 0:10:37Minister has promised action around domestic abuse and this is the first
0:10:37 > 0:10:41sign of what we will see coming forward and they are talking about
0:10:41 > 0:10:46domestic abuse suspects being banned from contacting victims, drinking
0:10:46 > 0:10:49alcohol or taking drugs and facing the prospect of being tied to
0:10:49 > 0:10:54monitor their movements. As we said before coming on air, it seems
0:10:54 > 0:10:57almost unbelievable that this is not something that would have been
0:10:57 > 0:11:03considered before. Given the fact that, certainly, I can talk from
0:11:03 > 0:11:06personal experience, having spoken to friends, the number of friends I
0:11:06 > 0:11:09know who maybe do not talk about it but have experienced domestic
0:11:09 > 0:11:14violence. And yet it is still one of those big taboo is and people don't
0:11:14 > 0:11:20seem to talk about this and not much action seems to happen. The fact is,
0:11:20 > 0:11:23there are a phenomenal number of women who do lose their lives at the
0:11:23 > 0:11:27hands of the partners and I say women, it doesn't have to be
0:11:27 > 0:11:31exclusively, but it is predominantly women.Quickly, running out of
0:11:31 > 0:11:39time... So much fun! Onto The Times. Fears of a global trade war as
0:11:39 > 0:11:44Donald Trump stands his ground, determined to have higher tariffs on
0:11:44 > 0:11:49steel and aluminium imports?Yes and Trump is as protectionist President
0:11:49 > 0:11:53we have seen for years in the US and he is turning his fire on Brussels,
0:11:53 > 0:11:56which must delight the Brexiteers here but not great for Britain's
0:11:56 > 0:12:03chances of a good trade deal and Donald Trump has just lost his chief
0:12:03 > 0:12:08economic adviser, Gary Cohn, a proponent of free trade in the White
0:12:08 > 0:12:11House, and Trump seems to be able to carry on surviving these things and
0:12:11 > 0:12:15can carry on ramping the pressure up on this. Yesterday I saw he was
0:12:15 > 0:12:19claiming credit for the flaw in the relations between North and South
0:12:19 > 0:12:32Korea! He said that as a joke!Did he? Yes, he said, nobody got that!
0:12:32 > 0:12:36Threatening 20 that % on imported steel and Tim % on aluminium is very
0:12:36 > 0:12:44heavy. -- 25%.And 10%. And EU said they will retaliate. Finally, ending
0:12:44 > 0:12:52the programme with Mr Trump in cartoon form. This is a cartoon on
0:12:52 > 0:12:57the front of The Daily Telegraph. A unique take on the latest situation.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02It says it was Andy Warhol who said in the future, everyone will work at
0:13:02 > 0:13:08the White House for 15 minutes. He has lost Gary Cohn, his chief
0:13:08 > 0:13:11economic adviser, and so many others as a result of the Russian
0:13:11 > 0:13:17investigation and all of that has caught up various people, including
0:13:17 > 0:13:25his former communications director, Caroline, not looking good?This is
0:13:25 > 0:13:29quite an amusing take on this. The statistics are amazing, he has lost
0:13:29 > 0:13:3440% of his staff in one years since taking over as President. If we saw
0:13:34 > 0:13:37that turnover in British politics, and we think we have had a turbulent
0:13:37 > 0:13:42year in terms of British politics, having lost three Cabinet
0:13:42 > 0:13:45ministers... You can imagine the kind of response you would get here!
0:13:45 > 0:13:53Some of the other scandals engulfing him, back to this pawn storm.
0:13:53 > 0:14:01Stormy! We have had this moment in Westminster with harassment and
0:14:01 > 0:14:03abuse are three Cabinet ministers disappearing for things which are
0:14:03 > 0:14:08much less than what he has been accused of.And he still survives.
0:14:08 > 0:14:13The allegation is that there is a nondisclosure agreement with this
0:14:13 > 0:14:18young lady, Stormy Daniels, that he did not sign? Yes. How is invalid if
0:14:18 > 0:14:24one of the signatories -- signatories did not sign?She
0:14:24 > 0:14:28deserves credit for taking on this man.We will leave it there. Thank
0:14:28 > 0:14:32you both for so much. Good to see you both.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Don't forget, you can see the front pages of the papers online
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0:14:45 > 0:14:46Thank you, Caroline and Jane.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Goodbye.