as rising demand from people and agriculture puts pressure on supplies. world famous astrophysicist professor steven hawking says the five most powerful people in britain are now all women. naming among others uk prime minister theresa may and scotland's first minster nicola sturgeon, he said there had been a "seismic shift" in gender equality in the uk. and finally, tributes all over the world have been paid to chuck berry, one of the true greats of rock and roll. he died at the age of 90. joining us is rolake akinkugbe, who's head of energy and natural resources at fbn capital. good morning, rolake. lovely to see you. rex tillerson had, before arriving in beijing, cut short his visit to south korea because of

fatigue, apparently. the first time i have of that fatigue, apparently. the first time i have - of that from the i have heard of that from the secretary of state, who has a very demanding job. he ended secretary of state, who has a very demandingjob. he ended it secretary of state, who has a very demanding job. he ended it in beijing, where of course he was much anticipated. yes, a nice way to end the trip, if you are that tired. what is interesting around the story is that lately, politically, given lots of the rhetoric coming out of the us about retreating from globalisation, china has now sort of globalisation, lhinahas now sort of ce ntre globalisation, lhinahas now sort of centre stage as a voice for taken centre stage as a voice for globalisation. which is interesting, because the issues you started with north korea, and its military displays of strength and power, and we know the historic disagreements and contention around trade. this is all about what the us and really all about what the us and china are going to do going forward. are they going to be allies? are they going to speak with the same voice? we might see a sort of rebalancing voice? we might see a sort of re balancing of voice? we might see a sort of rebalancing of global politics here, particularly given this new relationship with tillerson and the xijinping. relationship with tillerson and the

xi jinping. what is the feeling? i have read a few analyses which say it looks as though we are heading towards a fragmentation of the international way of doing business, which has been this free trade, globalisation, and the movement of goods being made easier, rather than more difficult. and i because of more difficult. and all because of president trump's philosophy on international trade. well, president trump's philosophy on internationaltrade. well, yes, his philosophy on international trade is america first, american protectionism. and for america's hysterical allies that doesn't sit well. the issue now is, there was a meeting of the 620, and discussions about much meeting of the 620, and discussions about - much stronger language about having much stronger language in some of the agreements which america has claimed pushback on. it seem seem like the u.s. treasury does seem like the u.s. treasury secretary will perhaps take a more £.%.:>.;.!:;7:. .:.'££ l,,l,—=?—e—:l7:t reasoned stance £.%.:>.;.!:;7:. .:.'££ l,,l,—=?—e—:l7:t reasoned stance on £.%.:>.;.!:;7:. .:.'££ l,,l,—=?—e—:l7:t reasoned stance on this, 2!.:!!!:;!:. .:.'22 l,,l,—=?—e—:l7:t reasoned stance on this, otherwise china will have to step into that 95p~ china will have to step into that gap. yes, that was that meeting in baden—baden where they wanted that word, antiprotectionist measures, putting to some kind of statement. it didn't happen because the

americans wouldn't sign the paper. what is interesting about this particular meeting is that it kind of paves the way for future discussions, because prior to this, rex tillerson arriving in beijing, it was president trump coming into the house, it was president trump coming into the - house, and he did say the white house, and he did say before he was elected, i will the white house, and he did say be day he was elected, i will the white house, and he did say be day one, is elected, i will the white house, and he did say be day one, china :ted, i will the white house, and he did say be day one, china a ad, i will the white house, and he did say be day one, china a currency on day one, china a currency manipulator. i am going to be slapping tariffs on goods coming out of china into the united states. it of china into the united_sta.tes_lt all very aggressive. and that was all very aggressive. and that was all very aggressive. and that was the tone. whereas this is may be setting a new tone. xijinping is settin' a ,-,, .- ,-. ,, 3 to the us in a few weeks. going to the us in a few weeks. well, it hasn't been decided yet... and north korea could be a yes, and north korea could be a unifying factor, initially, with the us and china. yes, and pali donald trump is looking forward to going to china on a return visit. # a p pa re ntly china on a return visit. # apparently donald trump. so what are we going to hearfrom apparently donald trump. so what are we going to hear from james comey today? nobody knows. the director of the nsa is going to speak as well. it has become so bipartisan that you

will not find a single member of the democratic party who will say that the russians did not help him become eli reee'eee £555 eeerele bl; eeeeeee eee reee'eee eie eeerele el; eeeeeee whereas eee reee'eee eie eeeeeee e'efi eeeeefiee whereas the other side president, whereas the other side said it was there and square. nobody knows for sure, but at least finally there is a structured process around this instead ofjust allegations and i’uitioui's this instead ofjust allegations and rumours and rhetoric and people being bipartisan. the truth is, these three agencies will be presenting to the house intelligence committee, including fbi director james coney. we know that there have been allegations of russian hacking, would be hillary enough that came out at the end of last year, but hopefully this process will start to what —— hopefully this process will start to what — — starts hopefully this process will start to what —— starts to lay to rest what is rumour, and if anything is not substantially covered, at least it can be tackled l a more focused can be tackled in a more focused way, because it is a bigger destruction. us way, because it is a bigger destruction l us politics at destruction in us politics at the moment. yes, it seems as if the us intelligence community is i convinced, - somebody has been convinced, and somebody has been leaking material which seems to back their theory, but nothing has up their theory, but nothing has been proven yet. the financial times! various stories in the paper has various stories in the paper today. we picked this one out as it

is about energy, your area of expertise, and this is quite interesting. the chief executive of m french utility, suez, saying the french utility, suez, saying that water will be more valuable than oil in years to come. i was not than oil in yearste come/iwas ngg= to hear this, than oil in yearste come/iwas ngg= to hearthis, in than oil in yearste come/iwas ngg= to hear this, in a way. it surprised to hear this, in a way. it is one of those here factors about the future, isn't it? and about resources . the future, isn't it? and about resources. i think water is pretty valuable. the interesting thing is that the energy sector, especially over the last decade and the move towards fracking, has actually had towards fracking, has actually had to use water as a major input for that drilling process, for the horizontal drilling. it has been very controversial with environmental groups. the other very controversial with envir is nental groups. the other very controversial with envir is that al groups. the other very controversial with envir is that a groups. the other very controversial with envir is that a lot iups. the other very controversial with envir is that a lot of is. the other very controversial with envir is that a lot of the he other very controversial with envir is that a lot of the demand thing is that a lot of the demand for water is increasingly coming from industrial consumers, large—scale industrial consumers, notjust energy, large—scale industrial consumers, not just energy, but large—scale industrial consumers, notjust energy, but mining and other large—scale operations, construction at other large—scale operations, construction et cetera. the challenge here is the scarcity of usable water. so it is very unlikely the planet will run out of water resources. at the problem is that

for almost 2 billion people, water resources are not clean and treatable. so you agree with this ii i think it is going to @= increasingly important, become increasingly important, probably as equally important as oil, hydrocarbons. buti probably as equally important as oil, hydrocarbons. but i think there isa oil, hydrocarbons. but i think there is a crucial issue here, and the challenge to competing demand for clean water resources. i think that is probably one of the biggest challenges with water. it is at least a decade now since when people have been saying that the next wars are going to be fought over water. and when you look at the figures over how much water agriculture uses, it is about 90% of the world's water is used in agriculture. and at the end of the day the population is growing and we need more food. yeah, it is the result of this eeeefeeeiee! — — ——— it is the result of this 7555325555 eee distribution of geographical distribution of resources, which are clearly not equal, and there needs to be more of a global effort to tackle this, i the daily telegraph, a little think. the daily telegraph, a little article of the bottom of the frontpage, stephen hawking talking about the seismic shift in the in

terms of gender inequality —— gender equality. he names the queen, theresa may, nicola sturgeon, amber theresa mag: nicola'sturgeanv—amber you theresa mag: nicolasturgean:—amber you could broaden it out. rudd. you could broaden it out. janet yellen at the federal reserve, angela merkel, christine lagarde. there is a long list. for me, i think, yes, we are seeing more women in high profile positions, but when you look at women in general there is still a big gap that needs to be narrowed when it comes to what we are earning. i agree with you. i think a seismic shift is a bit of a stretch. a seismic shift, that implies that the large proportion of women we see implies that the large proportion of women we see in leadership also trickles down to other spheres. if you look . certain trickles down to other spheres. if you look. certain industries, if you look at certain industries, if you look at certain industries, if you look at senior management, women oi'i you look at senior management, women on boards, i think the biggest and most critical issue is the pay gap, which i think we certainly cannot use the word seismic there. the pay gap is getting wider in some cases, getting worse. we have had studies in the uk which show that women who

have children are actually in a much worse off position than they were not so long ago. 9 w: w : ~~ worse off position than they were not so long ago. i actually - worse off position than they were not so long ago. i actually saw . worse off position than they were not so long ago. i actually saw a | not so long (390- iadueflé at not so long ago- ladueflé at the last davos economic statistic at the last davos economic forum that said that at the current of change, in iezc of 3 of change, in iezc of gender 3 pace of change, in terms of gender equity and business politics, it would take up until 2059 four that gap to be narrowed. the pay gap? yes. so i think we still have a long way to go. i must admit, i am not as optimistic as he is, dare i say. no, but i still appreciate his views on this. it is worth recognising and acknowledging the strides that have been made. that is right, every time somebody as influential as he mentions any sort of equality issue eeeeeee eee eee ee eeeeles eee; is worth that. we picked the it is worth that. we picked the philippine inquirerfor the front page of the picture of chuck berry, because even in the they because even in the philippines they are chuck berry. are talking about chuck berry. incredible. i know! ithink it highlights the extent of the

aberration for him globally. he lives to the ripe old age of 90, known as one of the pioneers of rock .n. known as one of the pioneers of rock 'n' roll. his core genre was actually with and blues, but he introduced as rock 'n' roll element. he said he was not blues enough. he a lwa ys he said he was not blues enough. he always had food on the table, he said you have to be poorto do the said you have to be poor to do the fifzz they said by bike, g— said you have to be poor to do the 5733: they said by bike, johnny % said you have to be poor to do the fifz: they said by bike, johnny b blues. they said by bike, johnny b goode, because he wrotejohnny b goode. are you fans of john berry goode, because he wrotejohnny b goode. are you fans ofjohn berry -- chuck berry? i discovered him on back to the future, of course. at his chuck berry. there were some other really good lines, have to tell you we other really good lines, have to tell you - we are off out. our tell you once we are off out. our time is up. thank you to coming in. and thank you for watching. thanks your company. see you soon. hello there, good morning. big changes on the way over the next couple of days. we've got some weather fronts moving through. once they do, we start to get this cold north—westerly wind, and that is going to bring some much

colder air across our shores. in particular, much colder air. it's going to be quite a chilly sort of feel to things on tuesday, particularly in the wind, and there will be some showers around, and some of those could be quite wintry for some of us. before we get there, though, it is wet and a windy start to the day today, but the cloud, the wind, and the rain should help to keep temperatures up for most places first thing this morning. in fact, in the southern half of the uk, the temperature around about double figures. a bit lower than that in the north of scotland, but generally speaking, no real problems with the temperatures this morning. but it will be quite wet and quite windy, a fairly messy picture. got a lot of isobars on the chart, so it is quite windy, and there is a fair bit of rain to be had as well. in fact, in the western side of scotland, we're going to see some pretty strong winds through this morning. could see gusts up to, what, 50, maybe even 60 mph. that will push that rain ever eastwards, quite quickly. but still some wet weather

in the north of scotland, but something a bit drier beginning to develop out west. but some showers are never too far away. sunny spells and showers in northern ireland through the morning. a fair bit of rain across northern england, that gets all the way down towards lincolnshire, east anglia, through the midlands, to wales and the south—west. largely dry, actually, in the south—eastern corner, but cloudy and windy. don't have to go too far west to find the wetter and windier weather. so a large area of wind and rain across much of england and wales through this morning. not a pretty picture on the roads, with a lot of spray and surface water, so take care for the morning commute. for the afternoon, with something a little bit brighter coming along behind. but, with some showers, relatively mild in the south—east, 13, 1a degrees, but with the wind and the rain, temperatures are dipping back into the single figures towards the north and west. that trend to the lower temperatures and as the sun goes down, we start to see wintry showers getting down to lower levels in parts of scotland, northern ireland, and into

northern england, as well. further south, it will be quite cold, but essentially dry. there will be a touch of frost, north wales northwards. icy stretches and some snow hazards as well, first thing on tuesday. and it will be a cold day on tuesday, a cold and windy day, but some sunshine, particularly for eastern areas. some wintry showers over higher of the uk, some of the showers will be heavy, potentially thundery, hello this is breakfast, with sally nugent and dan walker. a warning that home care services are in crisis because providers can't recruit enough staff. new research suggests a quarter of the uk‘s home care firms are at risk of insolvency and many have had to pull out of contracts with local councils. good morning it's monday 20th march.

also this morning: a man is questioned by police over the murder of a i—year—old boy and the attempt to murder his twin sister. politicians in the united states, begin hearings into russia's alleged involvement in last november's presidential elections.