|
Return to Transcripts main page
CNN LIVE AT DAYBREAK
Euro Edition: Morning Papers
Aired January 9, 2004 - 05:45 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Time now, though, to check on what's making headlines overseas in this morning's 'Euro Edition.' Live to London and Hala Gorani.
What's on the front pages this morning?
HALA GORANI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Carol, on the front pages we have a British tennis player. But before I get to that, on most of the front pages, before I get to that, a word on Guantanamo Bay.
Now according to "The Times" in London, Guantanamo Britain home within weeks. The daily newspaper is saying that the first of nine British Guantanamo Bay detainees will make his way back to the U.K. "The Times" is saying that this is a clear softening of the previous stance out of Washington. Washington now admitting that the U.K. should be allowed to treat these detainees any way they like. In other words, they are not releasing them on the condition that the British detainees face trial right away or are detained indefinitely. The release, according to "The Times," removing a major irritant in Anglo-U.S. relations.
Also on the cover of "The Times" there, an interesting story there, the first triplets to ever be admitted to Cambridge. Nice picture there.
COSTELLO: That's great.
GORANI: Now a quick word on the -- that's very, very cute.
A quick word on Greg Rusedski. You may not have ever heard of Greg Rusedski unless you are a big tennis fan, Carol. Well this is the front page of almost every single newspaper in the U.K., Rusedski drugs shame.
To put it into context for you, Britain, of course, you know the land of Wimbledon, prides itself on its tennis tournament. Well it hasn't had a tennis superstar in recent memory. In fact, I asked in the newsroom when was the last big British tennis superstar, and I got blank stares back. So they pin their hopes on every single good player that comes out.
And he's second in Britain. And unfortunately, apparently he tested positive for nandrolone. This is a drug or a stimulant or an enhanced -- performance enhancing drug we've been hearing a lot about in recent months. He is going to have to face his accusers and try to prove his innocence. So this is why it's such a big deal, Rusedski career facing ruin, et cetera, and we're seeing him also on "The Daily Telegraph" there. So we're going to have to -- this is putting it into context for you why it's so important.
And finally, the "Daily Mail," also a picture of Rusedski, but results of that study that you also featured in the show a few minutes ago, only eat salmon three times a year. And they are focusing on the farmed Scottish salmon. When you are in supermarkets here in the U.K., Carol, and you see Scottish salmon, it's almost like a seal of quality here when you shop around. And according to the results of this survey, Scottish farmed salmon has the highest levels of these chemicals associated with cancer and other illnesses found in there.
And one of the doctors quoted in the "Daily Mail" is saying after this survey, I will never eat Scottish farmed salmon again. And wild salmon, as you know, doesn't have as many chemicals, but wild salmon is something like six or seven times the price of farmed salmon. In the last decade, we have seen the price of salmon go down so much. It's because it's been farmed in this way. So this study, if it does scare off consumers, might be very bad for the industry.
So that's a quick look there. A little bit of mainly Rusedski but of salmon here and there. But that's a quick look at what's making headlines here in the U.K.
COSTELLO: Yes, the salmon story is big here as well. The salmon story is big here as well. And just something odd in our cafeteria here at CNN on the menu, grilled salmon. Just thought that was kind of interesting.
Thank you, Hala Gorani live from London.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
|
