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Today

  • Recession ‘highly possible’ after Brexit vote
  • Supreme Court rules Named Person policy 'unlawful'
  • Angus Robertson bids for depute leadership of the SNP
  • Former FM calls for Independent Labour Party in Scotland 

06.00 BBC Today headlines

Decision on new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point due … Turkish authorities order closure of 130 media organisations … Obama endorses Clinton … Health officials in Florida investigating two new cases of Zika not linked to travel … German scientists discover new class of antibiotics in nose … Office workers urged to take hour of exercise a day. 

07.00 BBC Good Morning Scotland headlines

Supreme Court ruling on Named Persons due ... Scotland faces post-Brexit vote slowdown, says think tank ... Scottish Parliament committee meets during recess to hear evidence on Brexit ... Hinkley Point ... Funeral today of Scots soldier who died during training exercise. 

Front pages

The Herald:

In The Herald, business editor Ian McConnell reports on a think tank’s prediction of economic trouble ahead, including a rise in unemployment. 

The Mail says there are 2000 terror suspects in the UK but only one is subject to an official anti-terror order. 

The Herald: Exclusive: Hannah Rodger in the Evening Times reports that disorder and vandalism is soaring in some parts of Glasgow, and residents have had enough. 

The Times pictures Theresa May with Italy’s PM Matteo Renzi during talks over Brexit. Next stops for Mrs May: Slovakia and Poland. 

Working in an office is “as bad as smoking” warns the Telegraph as a study published in the Lancet highlights the risks of a sedentary lifestyle. 

The FT reports that the steep losses suffered by the FTSE 250 after the Brexit vote have been erased. But the Guardian says there are warning signs that the economy is being blown off course. 

Camley’s cartoon

The Herald:

Camley’s not hanging around when it comes to assessing the economic state we’re in. 

Five in five seconds: Donald and the Russians

1. What’s the story? There has been outrage over Donald Trump appearing to urge the Russians to hack Hillary Clinton’s emails. He said: ”Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.” He later tweeted:

2. Background? The Democratic convention was rocked by a leaked email dump which seemed to indicate party chiefs favoured Clinton over Sanders in the primaries. The Democrats were first with the suggestion that a foreign power might have been responsible for the hack. At a press conference in Florida, Trump bracketed the this week’s email story to Clinton’s use of a private email server while Secretary of State. 

3. But it was a joke, right? Some are not taking it that way. Former CIA director Leon Panetta, in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, called Trump's comments “beyond the pale”. Eyebrows have already been raised at Trump’s previous complimentary comments about Putin being a strong leader. More recently, he suggested that with him as president the US might not automatically come to the aid of a Nato ally. 

4. The Trump campaign’s response? Denial that they had ever suggested hacking. "What he intended was hand them over, yes,” spokesman Steven Cheung told CNN. "I think that's a completely ridiculous thing to say that he's inviting a country to hack a presidential candidates' emails.” Trump ally Newt Gingrich said: "The media seems more upset by Trump's joke about Russian hacking than by the fact that Hillary's personal server was vulnerable to Russia." 

5. A bad move by Trump? You might think, but while everyone is talking about The Donald and the Russians they are not talking about President Obama’s endorsement of Clinton (see Afore Ye Go). 

Afore Ye Go

President Obama endorses Clinton at the Democratic convention in Philadelphia last night. 

The Herald:

"It pained me that we didn't have the strength and the power and the vitality to smash her back on her heels.”

Labour leadership contender Owen Smith, referring to Theresa May. He later admitted his choice of language may have “backfired”, saying: "It's rhetoric, I don't literally want to smash Theresa May back on her heels, I'm not advocating violence in any shape or form." John Giles/PA Wire

The Herald:

"Jeremy has consistently called for a kinder, gentler politics. We should all reflect that in our political rhetoric.”

Smith earns a ticking off from a spokesman for Jeremy Corbyn. Jack Taylor/Getty Images 

Like to be a fly on the jam at that fantasy picnic?

The Herald: Campaigner Jordi McArthur at Indy Camp Live outside the Scottish Parliament at the start of a vigil to stay until Scotland becomes independent.Pic Gordon Terris/The Herald

"No evidence has been presented to explain why a 24-hour permanent presence is essential.”

Lord Turnbull grants the Scottish Parliament’s petition to have the indycampers, who had pledged to stay at Holyrood until Scotland gained independence, evicted from Holyrood. One camper, Gary, said: ”We will keep going.”

The Herald:

"Our mission is to attack modern music and smash the grid. Unapologetic, unrelenting, unbridled and uncensored. Understood?”

Meanwhile, Rage Against The Machine star Tim Commerford claims to have established his own Republic of Wakrat in London's Parliament Square. Wakrat/PA Wire

The Herald:

"It's war, we don't have to be afraid to say this.”

Pope Francis, on a visit to Poland, responds to the murder of a priest in Normandy. He said he was not speaking of a war of religions, but of "a war of interests, for money, resources, dominion of peoples”. AP Photo/Alik Keplicz

The Herald:

35 years

The amount of time between John Hinckley Jr’s attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan and the now 61-year-old Hinckley’s release from a Washington psychiatric hospital to live at his mother’s home. AP Photo/ Steve Helber

The BBC's Chris Mason sounds pleased to be back up north.

The Herald:

5000

Number of new jobs McDonald’s will create by the end of next year, taking the workforce to more than 110,000. Rui Vieira/PA Wire

The Herald:

A chestnut mare, Sergeant Reckless, was posthumously awarded the PDSA Dickin Medal in London yesterday for her service during the Korean war. Reckless carried ammunition and wounded soldiers through bullets, bombs and fire. US Marine Corps/PDSA/PA Wire

Is someone after a new job in broadcasting?

From BuzzFeed's Jim Waterson. It has been a very long year...

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