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Euro Edition: Morning Papers
Aired December 18, 2003 - 05:45 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Let's check on what's making headlines overseas in this morning's 'Euro Edition' now. Charles Hodson live in London for us.
Good morning, Charles, what's on the front pages there?
CHARLES HODSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol.
Well, I think this one page, one story which really dominates everything, and that is, of course, the conviction of Ian Huntley for the murder of those two schoolgirls, Holly and Jessica, in Soham, in eastern England last year. He was, of course, jailed for life.
"The Sun," the top telling newspaper here in Britain, the serial pedophile, he raped or abused 60 schoolgirls. The "Daily Express" has a different number, they say 30 more victims. Either way, I think as the "Daily Mail" says, it is all actually beyond belief.
And one of the things is he was four times accused of rape, how the hell did he get a job as a school caretaker? And that's very much the issue now, the recurring issue, if you like. For example, on the front page of the -- of "The Daily Telegraph," if you like, the more broad sheet newspapers are taking that line, checks missed Huntley's past as a violent sex predator. He was a school caretaker where these two children went to school. Blunder after blunder says "The Guardian." So that's very, very much the main issue.
Just crossing the channel to France, the whole -- the big issue there is, of course, the plan by the government, endorsed now by President Chirac. He came out and said he will be in favor of a law which would prevent Muslim girls from wearing their veils, the headscarf, in state schools. This is an issue, which, of course, is going to cause enormous eruptions among France's five million Muslims.
It -- the "Le Brasion (ph)," left of center newspaper, saying in the name of the secular law. "Le Figaro," more right wing, saying liberty equality fraternity, what you find on any French coin (ph). Le esitay (ph), they say, that's secularism. France has determined secularism. And "Le Mone, (ph)" the more centrist, very heavyweight French newspaper, saying, Chirac's law on the veil divides the teaching world. So that is a country divided very much in two by this issue of whether Muslim girls should be allowed to wear their headscarves.
COSTELLO: Yes.
HODSON: And indeed, Jewish boys to wear their yarmulkes. And indeed Catholic girls to wear crucifixes to school, if it's a public school, in future -- Carol.
COSTELLO: A very interesting controversy. Charles Hodson reporting live from London. We appreciate it.
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Aired December 18, 2003 - 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: Let's check on what's making headlines overseas in this morning's 'Euro Edition' now. Charles Hodson live in London for us.
Good morning, Charles, what's on the front pages there?
CHARLES HODSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol.
Well, I think this one page, one story which really dominates everything, and that is, of course, the conviction of Ian Huntley for the murder of those two schoolgirls, Holly and Jessica, in Soham, in eastern England last year. He was, of course, jailed for life.
"The Sun," the top telling newspaper here in Britain, the serial pedophile, he raped or abused 60 schoolgirls. The "Daily Express" has a different number, they say 30 more victims. Either way, I think as the "Daily Mail" says, it is all actually beyond belief.
And one of the things is he was four times accused of rape, how the hell did he get a job as a school caretaker? And that's very much the issue now, the recurring issue, if you like. For example, on the front page of the -- of "The Daily Telegraph," if you like, the more broad sheet newspapers are taking that line, checks missed Huntley's past as a violent sex predator. He was a school caretaker where these two children went to school. Blunder after blunder says "The Guardian." So that's very, very much the main issue.
Just crossing the channel to France, the whole -- the big issue there is, of course, the plan by the government, endorsed now by President Chirac. He came out and said he will be in favor of a law which would prevent Muslim girls from wearing their veils, the headscarf, in state schools. This is an issue, which, of course, is going to cause enormous eruptions among France's five million Muslims.
It -- the "Le Brasion (ph)," left of center newspaper, saying in the name of the secular law. "Le Figaro," more right wing, saying liberty equality fraternity, what you find on any French coin (ph). Le esitay (ph), they say, that's secularism. France has determined secularism. And "Le Mone, (ph)" the more centrist, very heavyweight French newspaper, saying, Chirac's law on the veil divides the teaching world. So that is a country divided very much in two by this issue of whether Muslim girls should be allowed to wear their headscarves.
COSTELLO: Yes.
HODSON: And indeed, Jewish boys to wear their yarmulkes. And indeed Catholic girls to wear crucifixes to school, if it's a public school, in future -- Carol.
COSTELLO: A very interesting controversy. Charles Hodson reporting live from London. We appreciate it.
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