“ news. first, we have the daily telegraph, with a picture of theresa may signing the letter that will formally begin the brexit process. that story dominates the uk front pages. the letter is due to be hand—delivered to the eu council president today. the largest us oil group has urged donald trump not to scrap participation in the paris climate agreement. the financial times reports exxonmobil as the latest big business to oppose the us president's move away from efforts to tackle global warming. the copenhagen post says uber has decided to switch off its engines in denmark, referring to the company's announcement it will stop operating in the country next month because of a new taxi law requiring cabs to be fitted with seat sensors and fare meters. amazon has reached an agreement to buy the middle east's largest online retailer, souq.com, for an undisclosed value. that's a story in gulf news. and finally the guardian

reporting on a world first, as a tetraplegic man paralysed in a cycling accident is once again able to feed himself and control his hand by using the power of thought. joining us is jane foley, senior currency strategist at rabobank. thank you so much for coming in. the big day, but process of leaving the eu begins in a few hours? -- the. yes, ina eu begins in a few hours? -- the. yes, in a few hours, the letter will be delivered to donald tusk and theresa may will be giving comments about it. it will be interesting to see the contents of the letter, at even more interesting will be what the eu responses. the president of the eu responses. the president of the eu responses. the president of the eu commission has said that there may be some response within 48 hours, but it will be more than a month until there is a larger response. negotiations probably won't start until may orjune.

response. negotiations probably won't start until may orjune. the headline of the daily telegraph, unite behind the brexit, says theresa may. yet we are still seeing fairly big protests, a lot of people are unhappy and trying to call for a rethink? yes, many people would say that when they voted in the referendum, they didn't know the exact plans. there is some concern that many people who voted to leave, what they get will not be what they wanted. of course, one of the reasons she is saying to unite is that the pressure is there in scotla nd that the pressure is there in scotland and northern ireland for a second referendum. it seems that the union of the united kingdom is perhaps looser than has been for sometime. to mps were discussing it on television last night, one from the leave campaign and one from remain. they were talking about the

uncertainty ahead, that is what is now the big challenge on both sides. the negotiations, and how that comes about. the eu might be more transparent, the uk may play their cards close to their chest. business strategies that differ? yes, and they both look at politics. what of they both look at politics. what of the biggest risks for the uk is the overwhelming want of the eu will be wanting to keep the coherence of the remaining members. that is something they could take quite a hard stance against, the financial times were running a story this week suggesting that chancellor merkel would take a hardline stance against the uk to stop other countries wanting to follow suit. interesting donald tusk

and jean—claude juncker yesterday, talking about the fact that they all wa nt talking about the fact that they all want to do it in as friendly a manner as possible. in terms of reaction from markets and the pound sterling, what are we expecting? what can we look at. barriers no doubt a huge amount of bad news in the price of the stirling. the market has been prepared for quite a bit of bad news or at least political uncertainty. it suggests that there may be some pockets of relief coming through, perhaps about the size of the wrecks that bill, if it is less than 50 million we may feel relief. what sort of a deal is the uk going to get? that is the big cliffhanger. but the weak pound is good for exporters. and inflation is well. a double—edged sword.

good for exporters. and inflation is well. a double-edged sword. looking at the financial times, exxonmobil calling for president trump not to leave the paris climate change agreement. he has said that he is trying to give backjobs to miners in the united states. rolling back the energy policies of barack obama. what is your take on this? in a way, it isa what is your take on this? in a way, it is a relief. we do have, donald trump did put a huge sceptic in the role of environment and energy protector. he has blamed china for creating the technology that really puts manufacturers that —— at risk. he isa puts manufacturers that —— at risk. he is a very big climate change sceptic and he said he would take out some of this legislation. but we have had some big companies such as

johnson &johnson have had some big companies such as johnson & johnson and have had some big companies such as johnson &johnson and intel coming out and supporting the climate change agreement, and now we can add exxonmobil. they support the paris agreements. it is significant that it is exxonmobil, they are one of the biggest companies in america and their former boss is rex tillerson. they have said that their decision to stay in the paris agreement is under discussion? they haven't said they are pulling out but they are sceptical. this may be urging them to be cautious about doing that. it is great news for anyone concerned about the environment. the copenhagen post, the last day that people will be able to get a uber in denmark? yes, and the reason they had to do that is because of

legislation that requires all taxicabs to have a metre and 80 chair sensor to measure the number of passengers. this isjust chair sensor to measure the number of passengers. this is just the latest of european countries pushing back against uber ——a chair sensor. we have a pushback in the uk, we have had labour laws as well and pushbackisin have had labour laws as well and pushback is in other countries, pushback is in other countries, pushback regarding uber. it is certainly a bit difficult for uber to operate in europe. uber and out. how long have you been thinking that one up? i loved it. and how about this, this tetraplegic man now able to move his hands and drink a conflict. ——

to move his hands and drink a conflict. — — coffee. to move his hands and drink a conflict. -- coffee. the main difference with this technology is that it difference with this technology is thatitis difference with this technology is that it is just using his difference with this technology is that it isjust using his brain waves. he has had months of training to try and think the right way, to trigger the technology. it is obviously an early phase of something which really could change the lives of a lot of people. fantastic. i used to cover cambridge, and a lot of technology that has been developed there. one of the cautions when these stories break, it takes a long time for them to be rolled out more widely. no doubt they will bring it home to a lot of people. thank you so much, great to have you with us this morning on this extremely historic day for the united kingdom. a lot more about the triggering of article

50 and what that process will look like, what it means and brexit applications for the continent. this is the image dominating many of the uk front pages, theresa may signing the letter that will formally begin the letter that will formally begin the process of leaving the european union. it will be delivered by hand to the president of the european council. that is donald tusk. and thatis council. that is donald tusk. and that is where the negotiations begin. intense negotiations, hammering out trade deals. access to the single market, we will see how that develops over the coming months. and we will see very soon with more on that story. goodbye. hello there. the next few days are looking more unsettled, more cloud and outbreaks of rain across the country. but at least one thing is for sure, things remaining on the mild side. we'll maintain south

or south—westerly winds. mild overnight too, a lot of cloud around. most of the rain across northern and western areas. the odd heavier burst over higher ground. to start wednesday morning, quite mild in the south — io—ii, closer to 6—8 in the north. a rather cloudy and damp start for wednesday. most of the rain continuing to affect north and western parts as we head through the day and in the afternoon many central, southern and eastern areas staying dry altogether. perhaps some brightness around. i suspect quite a damp afternoon for much of scotland and northern ireland, especially northwest england. heavy bursts of rain likely across higher grounds. mist and murk, temperatures in the low teens. quite breezy too, especially around irish sea coasts. some wet weather into wales. the south—west and to the midlands eastwards, quite dry. given the brightness, 16—17, but remaining cloudy for most of us. we import some warm air across central, southern and eastern parts on thursday from the near continent, so we could be looking at the warmest day of the year so far on thursday afternoon, especially given some

brightness in the south—east. 20, 21, maybe 22 degrees. but the weather for thursday across northern and western areas will maintain this cloudy, damp theme. outbreaks of rain at times. quite breezy too, with lighter winds further east. a little bit cooler generally on friday. still quite warm across the south—east. in the west, looking at 12—15 degrees. a band of pretty heavy rain spreading north and eastwards because of that weather front. that will clear away into the weekend and it looks like we have a ridge of high pressure building in for sunday. before we reach that point, it could be quite showery on saturday. april showers — some could be quite heavy, maybe some hail and thunder mixed in. some sunshine around too and note temperatures are a bit lower again across the board. sunday, dry, with the high pressure exerting its force across much of the uk.

high pressure across the north—west corner, also breezy. to sum up the weekend, plenty of showers around on saturday. some sunny spells in between, fine on sunday and nights will be quite chilly. as the government gets ready for two years of talks, members of the cabinet will meet at downing street this morning. what does today mean to you? we'll hearfrom british people at home and abroad. i don't like being dictated to by bureaucrats in brussels. i'm not very happy with the immigration problem we're having.|j very happy with the immigration problem we're having. i worry mainly for my healthcare and i worry about my pension and i also worry that we'll be losing many, many friends.