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Euro Edition: Morning Papers

Aired August 29, 2003 - 05:43   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Let's check on what's making headlines overseas in this morning's "Euro Edition." Charles Hodson live in London.
Charles, I almost forgot about you, sorry about that. Good morning.

CHARLES HODSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: No, how could you do that to me -- Carol.

COSTELLO: I'm sorry.

HODSON: Good morning. Good morning.

Well in fact it's -- once again it's that Hutton inquiry into the death of the British government scientist Dr. David Kelly and the circumstances which impelled Britain to join the United States and go into war on Iraq. The Hutton inquiry had a very, very important piece of testimony yesterday. That came, of course, for the Prime Minister Tony Blair. Moment of truth for Blair and the BCC, the British Broadcasting Corporation, which seems to be lined up, of course, against the government on this.

Here we are. We have not only Tony Blair but also the Chairman of the BBC Gavin Davis, a personal friend, we understood or understand, of Tony Blair. They both gave evidence. The view seems to be that Blair played the bully straight back. I take full responsibility. He won credit, I think, with the public for that, although a lot of people are not necessarily willing to believe his account, at least if you believe the public opinion polls.

On the other hand, though, "The Independent," on its front page shows the burial of Captain David Jones killed when a bomb hit a Red Cross ambulance near Basra. Hundreds paid their respects at his funeral. For them, the appearance 150 miles away of Tony Blair at the Hutton inquiry must have seemed irrelevant. That, by the way, is the 50th British casualty since the start of the war in Iraq.

The other big story, of course, is the blackout here in London, much of the city, of course, grounded and in particular, the subway system. Sixty percent of it literally just ground to a halt in the tunnels as the lights went out. Millions hit by power blackout is the front page there of the "Daily Express." On the "Daily Mail," again, trapped and terrified, referring to the fate of probably hundreds of thousands. So 250,000, they say, people marooned in those subway trains deep underground. And "The Sun," which is of course the very popular newspaper in this part of the world, had quite a good pun on this whole story, we can't get ohm, it said. And just in case you forgot what an ohm was, it is a unit of electrical resistance.

And rather touchingly, actually, on the front page, I don't know if you are going to recognize this behind, it is that of Sir Paul McCartney, the former Beatle, and he is listening to the tummy of his wife, Heather. She is, of course, expecting their child, their first child. And again, a good pun from "The Sun," its heart's beatling, it says.

Back to you -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Its heart's beatling, I like that. Thank you.

HODSON: Beatling, Paul listens to Heather's tum, there it is.

COSTELLO: And we see his bum.

Thank you, Charles, we appreciate it.

HODSON: That's right.

COSTELLO: It's funny.

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