aside as chairman of a committee looking at potential links between president donald trump's election campaign and russia. that story is on the washington post online. staying with the us, the gulf news reports that washington is considering increasing military support for the war in yemen, against iranian—backed houthi rebels. the paper says that this would mark would mark a significant policy shift. and finally, one of the world's biggest gold coins, worth more than $4 million, has been stolen from a museum in berlin. that is being reported in the telegraph, as well as many international news sites. it is so heavy, apparently it is the same weight as a fridge. ben and i did not do it. joining us is oliver cornock, editor—in—chief at the oxford business group. let's begin with brexit. plenty of

angles being covered. what has caught your attention? well, there is the obvious. the triggering of article 50, it was inevitable we would have the scottish element, and we also have the elements within theresa may's and conservative party pushing for a hard brexit, others looking for a more conciliatory move. the slightly tongue in cheek headline in the daily mail, never mind brexit, who won lexit? it takes it to mind brexit, who won lexit? it takes ittoa mind brexit, who won lexit? it takes it to a very silly level, causing quite a row on social media, the daily mail criticised for that angle. and there was one tweet, someone angle. and there was one tweet, someone saying the 1950s have called and they want their headline back. you would never see that headline if it was two mail political leaders meeting. you certainly would not,

and part of theresa may's shtick has been getting in trouble for these trousers, and it seems the media is focusing on the clothing rather than the substance of this very important story. we will talk about that more tomorrow, and the next day and the next day. anyway, let's move on. yes, and the initial public offering of aramco, when it happens, will be a huge deal and they are trying to maximise the value, which is a very normal process of these privatisation moves, where any company looks to boost its cash flow before it goes public. this is quite normal. more broadly, it points to the saudi arabian government have been doing at the moment, which is trying to make elements within the saudi arabian economy more competitive. so aramco is seeing its tax bill retrospect to be reduced from 85% to 50%. that has to be good news that valuation, of a company

that could be worth some $2 trillion by some estimates. it is going to be huge when it happens. where will at least? that is the big question. all the stock markets around the world arejust the stock markets around the world are just schmoozing. that is like asking whether price of oil will go. nobody knows. i am sure markets are lining up, and everyone would like a slice of that pie. how important is this for saudi arabia, this particular ipo, in terms of getting money in. they have a real problem with oil revenues falling. it is very important, not only from the money side but psychologically it is important for sentiment within the saudi economy. a huge change and this is one of the big policy markers, i suppose, this is one of the big policy markers, isuppose, of this is one of the big policy markers, i suppose, of the new system that has been put in place for generating diversify and revenues. let's now talk about the story in the new york times or washington post online. it is pretty much everywhere as well, the situation with regards to devin nunes, who is the republican chairman of the house intelligence committee, now seen to be too close

to president trump to be impartial when it comes to the investigation about the election campaign and russian involvement. it is an interesting article, i hadn't realised there are three house intelligence committee it investigations on going into russian involvement and if you are in the trump offers this story is not going away. it seems that, i read on social media, jared kushner will give evidence to one of these committees soon. they are going to have to get this out in the open. the democrats, on the other hand, have been pushing this very hard, but they are not standing too far back because they want to be out the mudslinging which will happen. so it is an interesting one. i don't think they want to get too stroppy on this. i suppose the issue for them is that, for any investigation to have integrity, it has to be seen to be impartial, and presumably once it has, they want to be able to say, 0k, has, they want to be able to say, ok, this is what has been found, and draw a line under it. if there are then allegations that people

involved in the investigation were too close to all of this, it will continue to drag on throughout the coming years. very difficult. moving on, the gulf news. trump suggests a bigger role in yemen war, sending a clear signal washington plans to move more significantly against iran. your perspective? move more significantly against iran. your perspective ?|i move more significantly against iran. your perspective? i think this is very interesting in that the 0bama administration distance itself quite strongly from getting very involved. in the past the focus of us involvement in this terrible civil war in yemen has been really on attacking al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, which has used yemen as a hub since the collapse of the state. at the same time, saudi arabia and the united arab emirates are waging arguably a proxy war against the houthi rebels in the north of yemen, which has led to this horrendous humanitarian situation. it receives

very few colleges so i was pleased to see it in the gulf news. for somebody who watches this, the involvement of america in lots of ways has to be a good thing, not least because the putative first move for this greater involvement is to free up the port which is a conduit for aid in the yemen. and its involvement, the us administration involvement, what do you think that will mean with the trump administration? well, it is very difficult because a lot of western governments are wanting to step back from these sorts of interventions. the simple fact is, though, is this is not going away. it isa though, is this is not going away. it is a weeping sore on the arabian peninsula. saudi arabia and the united arab emirates have set a lot of store by this and it would perhaps signify a greater coalition between the us and those gulf allies, potentially against a resurgent iran. although i think, as far as resurgent iran. although i think, as farasi resurgent iran. although i think, as faras i am resurgent iran. although i think, as far as i am aware, the accusation is that iran is backing houthi rebels, but i think iran denies that,

doesn't it? iran denies it, saudi arabia denies it is a proxy war. it is two sides of the same thing. but in terms of the humanitarian crisis, as you say, has that pulled the international spotlight on yemen yet ain? international spotlight on yemen yet again? because obviously it is not just in yemen, it is in south sudan and somalia and other areas. there is real pressure. the spotlight has been turned up, it is very dim. as you say, it is one of those areas that doesn't get a huge amount of coverage, i think partly because of the difficulties. and the security fallout from that is huge. now, let's talk about this giant coin. it was stolen from a museum in a dawn heist. this thing weighs the amount ofa heist. this thing weighs the amount of a large fridge. it is half a metre across, you know.|j of a large fridge. it is half a metre across, you know. i can't see some coin collector just metre across, you know. i can't see some coin collectorjust slipping it into their collection. i am amazed there is no footage of whoever did

this. they must have been more than one individual doing this, with machinery. you would think, with the security systems. it ties in to when we get the new 12 sided £1 coins, it looks like that one might 12 sided, but try spending that anywhere and you will get some questions. it is reminiscent of... the garden heist not that long ago. it is amazing to think that these things can still happen. i was going to say, there is a certain romance to a heist like this. whereas inspector clouseau when you need him? when they solve it, i was going to say, shall we just wait for the screenplay and all the accompanying merchandise? it will probably be worth $4 million. thank you so much for your time this morning. it has been brilliant to have you on the programme. thank you for your time this morning. remember, in about five minutes' time you can join remember, in about five minutes' time you canjoin breakfast remember, in about five minutes' time you can join breakfast on remember, in about five minutes' time you canjoin breakfast on bbc 0ne, time you canjoin breakfast on bbc one, where they will have the very

latest news and business and sport. if you are lucky enough to be with us on if you are lucky enough to be with us on bbc world, you get ben and me. 0n breakfast, they will be looking closely at the lead up to article 50, being triggered tomorrow as britain began the formal process of leaving the european union. we will be talking about that in the papers tomorrow, so if you can, join us then. stay with us on bbc one. hello there. after a glorious weekend, glorious start to the week, things are set to turn more unsettled now as we continue to head through the week. and that is because we've got this area of low pressure out in the atlantic, slowly encroaching in.

it will be bringing increasing cloud, outbreaks of rain, and increasing wind as well. meanwhile, high pressure remains anchored across the near continent. this feature will be bringing some showers into the south—west corner of the country during the course of the night. and i think generally it will be a cloudier night to come for most, certainly central and northern areas, a bit of mist down the east coast there. so, as a result, not quite as cool by the time we reach first thing on tuesday morning. could see the odd pocket of frost, though, across the north—west corner of scotland. that is because skies will remain clear here. so we've got showers from the word go across the south—west for tuesday morning. a bit of sunshine through the midlands and the south—east. more in the way of cloud across northern areas, but a line of showers will continue to northwards and eastwards as the afternoon wears on. some of them could pep up to be quite heavy. a cloudier day i think for much of scotland than what we've seen of late through the afternoon. probably the best of any sunshine across this sheltered north—west highlands corner, where we could see some pretty decent temperatures, but a cooler feel to things. some rain getting in towards

dumfries and galloway. for northern ireland, scattered showers, some sunshine. some of the showers could be heavy with a rumble of thunder, and that is also the case for much of northern england and in towards the midlands. but there will be some good sunny spells through the midlands eastwards, and that really will boost temperatures again, up to 18—20 celsius. the breeze, though, more of a feature across the south—west. and we'll also see another weather front moving in. that will herald more persistent rain, which will spill its way northwards and eastwards during the course of tuesday night into wednesday. so, actually, wednesday day is looking pretty cloudy, quite a damp one, with outbreaks of rain. most of it across the north and the west of the country, the odd heavier burst mixed in. it will feel cooler as well. we'll still make 15 or 16 celsius across the south—east, given some brightness. so we're into a more unsettled regime midweek onwards. as you can see, tighter—packed isobars, more of a breeze, outbreaks of rain, and most of this across northern and western areas closer to this area of low pressure. this warm front, though, will be moving its way northwards, and in fact will let us tap into some warmth

across the near continent for thursday. so east anglia and the south—east, given some sunshine, could have a really warm day, and potentially the warmest day of the year so far. 18—20 celsius, maybe 21 degrees, but further north and west, it'll be cooler, breezier, with outbreaks of rain. then, through friday, that weather front spreads its way northwards, and behind it is a regime of sunshine and showers, and it'll feel cooler for all. and that cooler theme continues on into the weekend. hello. good morning. this is breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. tighter controls on over—the—counter treatments on the nhs. gps in england could be stopped from prescribing routine pain killers, indigestion tablets, and cold remedies, under proposals to save millions of pounds. good morning. it's tuesday 28th march. also this morning,

a warning that one in six local roads in england and wales are in such bad condition they'll have to be repaired or closed within five years. it's being called a "monster" cyclone and it's hit the coast of queensland, australia, bringing 160 mile an hour winds and forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes.