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Welcome back. You are watching the press
preview, a first look at what's on the
front pages as they come into us. It's
time to see what's making the headlines
with the president of the board of
deputies of British Jews, Phil
Rosenberg, and Politico journalist
Bethany Dawson. They'll be with us from
now until just before midnight. So,
let's see what's on some of those front
pages for you now.
Well, the Daily Telegraph reveals the US
is preventing Ukraine from firing
long-range missiles into Russia in an
effort to get Vladimir Putin to engage
in peace talks.
The Eye focuses on a new appeals process
to fasttrack asylum hearings as protests
mount. The Financial Times reports that
private equity firms are struggling to
raise money with fundraising down nearly
a third on the record level seen in
2021.
The Times leads on Sakir Stalmer facing
calls from Labour grandees and ministers
to take a more radical approach to the
small boats crisis amid mounting public
concern about the government's handling
of the issue.
The Daily Mail says Buckingham Palace is
a bracing for potential further
allegations against Prince Andrew ahead
of the release of a new memoir by
Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Duffrey.
Likewise in the sun, which is also
focusing on the upcoming memoir.
The Express front page is an exclusive
with an Albanian people smuggler who
claims the government could stop small
boats from crossing the channel
tomorrow.
The Guardian reports MPs are raising the
alarm over rising abuse linked to
immigration debates with some facing
more threats than during Brexit.
The Daily Mirror leads with a royal
exclusive claiming sources have branded
Glain Maxwell's statement a whitewash.
According to the Daily Star, Brits will
sizzle in 29 degree heat tomorrow,
apparently hotter than Morocco.
And we are joined tonight by President
of the Board of Deputies of British
Jews, Phil Rosenberg, and Politico
journalist Bethany Dawson. Welcome to
both of you. Let's start with the
Financial Times front page and uh we see
the photo there of Mark Carney, the
Canadian prime minister in the city of
Kiev uh there laying flowers at a
memorial to fallen Ukrainian soldiers
but also to mark the annual independence
day. Bill,
>> it's incredibly uh powerful image to see
the western support continuing for
Ukraine. Mark Carney there on his I
think first visit to Ukraine uh for the
independence day and King Charles as we
know also sent a message of support. So
really good seeing that robust uh united
front in terms of the support for
Ukraine on its independence day. Often
times independence days celebrate
something that was a few decades ago but
this is feels very present as Ukraine
continues to fight every day for its
independence. And Bethany, this is
following in the vein of the increased
um public show of international support.
We saw uh the Europeans hot footing it
out to to Washington DC to flank
President Zilinski with that meeting
with uh Trump and and this is another
example of the international support.
>> Yes, this has not come in a in a quiet
week uh or quiet few weeks in terms of
that international support and Mark
Carney is there as a mark of his
participation in the coalition of the
willing uh that was announced by K.
Starman is is is read led by him and
Macron in France. Um what was
interesting I thought about Carney's
speech um not only he was pledging
support for Ukraine and saying Canada
will stand with them as many uh are
across the world but he praised uh
President Trump's transformative
uh role in negotiations saying he's
creating possibilities for peace and as
we know Canada and the US have had a
very strained relationship since Trump
went in saying he wants Canada to be a
51st state. So in terms of how those
negotiations are affecting the global
stage more widely, I thought that was a
really interesting line that we can take
from that speech.
>> Do you think he he's trying to to build
bridges?
>> Building bridges. Uh I'm not certain if
it's between that exact relationship
between Canada and the US. But in terms
of that coalition of the willing um
Europe and the West's relationship more
broadly with um the US I you know it
sounds like there could have been a
meeting where actually it was Carney was
told look this is really important but
it's really not helpful if you're
arguing with Trump every day when we're
all trying to achieve something so
massive. So uh it feels like there is
some really interesting movement on that
part.
>> We move to the Daily Telegraph in which
we read that uh Trump is cutting off
Ke's long range missiles. who's
preventing Ukraine from firing longrange
missiles into Russia. Um, reportedly in
an effort to get Vladimir Putin to
engage in in peace talks.
>> It does seem that every gambit that
Trump has actually takes away
negotiating power from Ukraine and gives
it to Russia. It's it's hard to
understand how this necessarily helps
like just by perennially giving Russia
what it wants. Obviously, it's important
the US brokerage role and bringing them
to the table, but you know, in the past,
it was, well, they'll probably have to
give up some territory. We'll cut off
military aid. We'll stop them being able
to fire longrange weapons. It kind of
makes the negotiations all on Putin's
terms, and it's hard to understand how
that will necessarily advantage a very
positive outcome in the in the
negotiations.
>> I I guess Trump would say that, you
know, you you have to get Putin on side
and you have to get him to the
negotiating table by whatever means.
>> Yes. And I think one thing that's
interesting in terms of the UK angle
here, the um missiles that this is
stopping Ukraine from using are produced
in the UK. They are storm shadow
missiles. Um and this piece says that
there was no comment from the Ministry
of Defense as to whether they support
this approach. So whether that is going
to strain those relationships uh between
Kstarma and Trump that looked like they
were going quite well uh is a question
for this week. And you know, this recess
really isn't very quiet. It might be a
bank holiday of headaches which I'm sure
the government were trying to avoid.
>> Yeah, they're back uh September the 1st,
aren't they? Back in sitting in
parliament to the I front page um and
the issue that is really um dogging the
government very much so and that of the
um illegal migrants, asylum seekers.
have seen the protests across the
country in Liverpool, arrests made
yesterday and we've had this response
from Iet Cooper, this fasttracking of
asylum uh claims to clear the the
backlog. Will that be enough? Phil,
>> it seems to me to be a really positive
move forward. I think in this country we
understand that there'll be people who
be seeking asylum genuinely and we want
to be openhearted towards those people
but for people for whom they're sort of
taking advantage of a system actually
processing those claims quicker is
really important. So there are cases now
mainly last over a year which means that
they can't be resolved. So actually
bringing in a technical solution that ma
means these um cases are heard quicker
will hopefully end the backlog, end the
dependency on hotels and move this issue
forward. It might be a bit too technical
to excite the public, but it's got the
front page here. So,
>> criticism here on the front page is that
it could take months to to hire these
adjudicators, which would take the the
place of of judges and hopefully speed
up the process. But, uh, it could take
months and actually might not be
introduced for for at least a year. And
speed is always the question of uh
actually a lot of what the government is
doing when it comes to these very
technical responses be that reviews or
be that these new bodies. Um people
clearly based on the protests that we're
seeing across the country have no
patience uh with with I don't think it's
particularly this government but just
any government anymore. They they really
want to see change and very quickly. Um
so there's a lot of pressure on the
government not just to do this right but
to do this quickly and to make sure the
people that they hire are really very
good so that uh the decisions that are
made the first time are the correct ones
because the appeals that happen to
asylum decisions are part of what is
causing such a backlog and such a long
wait for those decisions to be made. And
we read, Phil, that the Home Secretary
is also considering an amendment to the
current border security bill to put the
plan to replace judges with independent
adjudicators on the statute books as
soon as possible. So the actual bill
>> being looked at. I mean, some criticism
people are saying, well, looking at it
isn't actually doing anything. Um, but
it's a start, is it?
>> I absolutely think so. I mean you saw a
lot from the last government of rhetoric
but also gimmickry and solutions that
maybe made a splash but actually didn't
result in people actually being removed
from the country who didn't have a right
to be here. This is taking the issue
seriously a bit technically but
importantly taking the steps that will
actually speed up the process of hearing
the claims letting those who are rightly
claiming asylum to remain but moving on
those who who are claiming falsely. Uh
Bethany, what have you made of the the
protests that we've seen on on the
streets where local people are saying
that really they don't know who's in
their area. They're wanting to protect
um children and women and you know they
feel that these people are being put in
their environment without knowing you
know the background and where they're
coming from and their intentions. M I
think you know when people look at these
protests everyone is going to have an
opinion on it based on their own view of
of the use of hotels and and of uh the
number of asylum seekers that are coming
in. But I think the main thing we can
all take away regardless of personal
politics is that people are really angry
and they're really impatient and whether
this is uh you know when this if if the
government is able to fix this I'm sure
the public are going to be angry about
something else because there is there is
so little trust in the government to fix
anything. Um, but I think it just really
puts pressure on the government to make
a lot of changes really, really quickly
and that's incredibly hard to do. I'm
sure that's going to be highlighted in,
as you say, either the passage of
amendments to the border security bill
or just uh implementing these
adjudicators. Um, but I think it just
highlights the the lack of trust and the
exhaustion and the anger that so many
people are feeling. um and that uh the
government really don't have that much
time until the next election to make so
many big changes really quickly. I know
we've just had an election uh but in
terms of four years of uh massive
changes to make that that clock is
ticking.
>> It is indeed. Phil, take us uh finally
before we take a break to back to the
Daily Telegraph and this story that was
around um yesterday and that is the
deputy prime minister um acquiring a
second home. The actual headline here
says um a third home, but technically
that's incorrect because one of the the
homes is a Grace and Favor home. But
anyway, uh take us into the story today.
>> So, people are again angry with Angela
Raina about her housing situation
um and her new home that she's bought in
Brighton. Um I tend to think it's all
really rather unfair and you know the
government and Angela are not against
people getting on or or moving forward.
So there's an element of kind of
classism and maybe even misogyny to the
attacks on Angela, I think. I mean, why
not? Why not if she's able to buy a new
home to do so?
>> Beckoning.
>> Well, the government has introduced a
lot of new uh regulations on home sort
of uh higher rates of council tax on
second homes and on um stamp duty. And
the government have said um that she is
going to be paying those changes. She
put in those changes. She obviously,
well, one would hope agrees with them.
and she is going to be paying the right
charges on owning a second home. I think
it would be a scandal if she wasn't. But
that's not what's happening. What's
happening is someone has enough money to
own a second home and is given a third
um as a result of her high position in
government. And I I think there is after
a weekend of pictures of her essentially
having a nice time at the beach. Um
there is a question uh that I think you
you you just kind of alluded to of why
is it that Angela Raina is the one
always getting the front pages of um
scandals with with her homes.
>> Non-story then do you think both?
>> I think an unfair story.
>> Okay, you're on agreement. Thank you
both. Uh we're going to take a break.
Coming up, a record number of cancer
patients are opting for private
treatment instead of relying on the NHS.
We'll be discussing that story on the
front of the Daily Telegraph after the
break. Do stay with us if you can.
I'm Steven Murphy and I'm Skye's Ireland
correspondent based here in Dublin.
All alcohol products, not just wine,
will have labels warning of liver
disease and the link to fatal cancers.
>> Is it crazy?
>> It's an industry worth around 14 billion
euro a year. That's why Italy sees this
Irish plan as such a threat.
>> It's always instructive and occasionally
entertaining to hear what Donald Trump
has to say on the issue of Brexit.
>> She's got her own way of doing it.
That's okay.
>> The job takes me to every corner of this
island.
>> The rioting stemmed from a horrific
daytime stabbing attack at a primary
school in the city center.
The scale of the rioting and the
destruction it caused is pretty much
unprecedented here in Dublin.
>> Jerry, any comments on the judge's
decisions? Do you feel vindicated,
Jerry?
>> This is the end, the somewhat chaotic
end of a 52day trial.
>> Niho Martin could be set to head back to
government with the Tishuk Simon Harris.
Are you confident that you can now
return as tish?
>> I'm cautiously optimistic and excited. A
mystery press conference hastily called.
Leo Veradkar stroed out and didn't
disappoint.
>> I am resigning as president and leader
of finale effective today. The people
here sometimes feel they're somewhat
neglected by the Irish government to the
extent that this place is sometimes
known as the forgotten county. The
waters of Ireland and Britain should be
home to great white sharks, but none
have ever been found. If there are great
white sharks in this area, there's no
reason they wouldn't come here to feed.
It's basically a buffet on a beach. This
could be not only a record-breaking
storm, but potentially the most
dangerous storm ever to hit Ireland.
>> Sky News, get the full story. First,
>> I need to start the program today with a
name. A story that I can't get out of my
head. The campaign has now started. This
is your chance. Tell people this is the
politics hub. It's not correct. The tax
burden is projected to go up.
>> No, but I'm not. This is my interview.
Look, this is ridiculous. No one does
care about us. I'm really interested in
that. On a politics, we likes to push
the boundaries. He's got the majority.
The question is, what is he going to do
with it?
>> Fire, shouts the commander. Now
>> there's a dash to safety. We've now got
to wait inside the shelter to see if
there is incoming. I'm Deborah Haynes,
Sky Security and Defense Editor. Should
Russia's war with Ukraine escalate
significantly, pilots like these could
be called upon to go into combat for
real.
hear that whistle and that crunch. We
know that they're coming from the south
of the city where there's a column of
Russian armory. I'm Alex Crawford and
I'm Skye's special correspondent based
in Istanul.
>> Look at that sheet of flames. And that
has happened within minutes and now it's
coming from both sides and it's moving
this way.
preview. Still with me, president of the
board of deputies of British Jews, Phil
Rosenberg, and Polisco journalist
Bethany Dawson. Uh let's take a look
first of all at the Daily Telegraph in
this section and this story. Uh patients
shun NHS in favor of private cancer
care. Record numbers of cancer patients
are opting for private treatment instead
of relying on the NHS. Bethany,
>> this is quite uh these are quite damning
figures for the Department of Health and
Social Care. Uh twothirds uh of people
in the NHS uh now receive treatment for
cancer within two months of an urgent
referral. Uh the target for that has not
been met since 2015. So people are going
private in record numbers. Um you know
there is not a breaking news line at the
moment uh that the NHS is under threat.
We all know that. That's not new to
anybody. Um but I think this really just
puts pressure on reforming that kind of
as quickly as possible. Um politically I
think this is quite interesting because
private health care um is is quite a
sore spot for the left of the Labour
party which K star is is struggling to
keep on side at the moment. Uh I think
it's fair to say. So this will uh yet
again be another headache within that uh
you know list of stormy stories for K
star. demand for private chemotherapy
alone increased by 9% uh last year
behind only cataract surgery as the most
common treatment. Um is it that people
are taking out private health insurance
or they are uh as it were paying out of
their their pockets and and sacrificing
because they want to avoid the the long
waiting lists.
>> I think we've all seen how the NHS is
creaking under the strain of an aging
population and the investment needs that
that creates. Um and it does seem that
people who can are deciding to pay
rather than wait when it comes to your
own health. I suppose if you have the
option you might well wish to do so and
the government is under no illusions
about this. It is investing in it but it
is such a massive problem and not an
easy one to fix. So they are working on
trying to get those um referrals up.
They have had they say 100,000 extra
patients have had those screenings in
the last year or so. Um but there's
clearly a lot of work to do and I think
um no surprise to hear that it's not
going to be a quick fix.
>> Record 8 million Britons have private
healthcare and recent survey show that a
growing number of people of all ages and
backgrounds are considering it. The NHS
are spinning it as a a positive it would
seem. at the end of the the article says
that an NHS England spokesman said, "The
independent sector plays an important
role in supporting the NHS and our
recently agreed new partnership
agreement will help us go further by
maximizing capacity to reduce waiting
times.
>> People, you know, can use private
healthcare if they want. I think the
fact that people are using it, you know,
as that statement says, it's not against
the NHS's um desires, but it's that
people, you know, having to for cancer
care for these urgent treatments because
they simply have to wait too long. I
think that is going to be um you know,
more alarm bells are going to be blaring
and and this says here that more people
than ever are self-paying for cancer
care. Um, and I think, you know, anyone
that has, uh, personally been through or
has loved someone with cancer knows the
desperation and the fear in that
journey. Um, and I think that just
speaks to not feeling like that's being
um, treated as quickly as it should be
in the NHS.
>> Phil, take us to the times and tell us
why uh, Gen Z are desperate to get back
to the office.
>> Yes. Well, the Gen Z's are really
struggling at home, often in kind of
more cramped accommodation. And we can
all understand that working in the
office particularly at the earlier
stages of your career is so important
because of the ability to socially
interact to develop a network to see how
seniors do their their jobs and also you
might not have an accommodation which is
really suitable for working. So Gen Z's
are say saying and this is a a survey
that we've had out today um from an
insurance survey says that young people
genes are looking to get into the
physical workplace again.
>> Yeah. Overall, 45% of young adults said
they were considering moving to roles
that provided more social interaction.
It's important, isn't it?
>> Of course. And as well, you know, Gen
Z's uh their time at university and
school will have been really interrupted
by the pandemic, at least some of them.
So, that kind of teenage socialization
may have been uh really badly
interrupted. They didn't get to see
their friends as much. So, I think it
makes sense to kind of want to be back
uh sitting next to a colleague, being
able to to chat by the coffee machine
and just, you know, spend time with
people.
>> Phil, just 10 seconds on the Notting
Hill Carnival front page of the
Guardian.
>> This is such a joyou photo that you
love, isn't it?
>> It's an absolutely joyous picture and as
we go into the bank holiday Mondays,
just a reminder of how brilliant the
Notting Hill Carnival is and what a
celebration it is of of culture and
particularly the African Caribbean
culture of of London and the country.
Phil and Bethany, thank you so much. See
you in the 11:00 hour. Let's take a look
at the weather for you now.