james comey, the fbi chief fired by president trump on tuesday, has responded to his sacking in a letter. he says he has "long believed" that the president can dismiss an fbi director "for any reason, or no reason at all". us senators have issued a subpoena to demand michael flynn hand over documents of his business dealings with russia. researchers say hiv patients in europe and north america can now expect to live close to the same age as the general population. real madrid are on the verge of more european history after reaching another champions league final, where they'll take onjuventus next month. the now it is time for our newspaper review. starting in the uk, the daily telegraph leads with their exclusive on the leaked

labour party's campaign manifesto. the documents detail leader jeremy corbyn‘s plans to nationalise energy, railand mailand introduce pay caps for top positions in government businesses. over the pond in the us the james comey sacking saga continues. the financial teams leads with the headline: defiant trump calls for closer moscow ties after firing fbi chief. that's of course following his meeting with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. staying with that story, the new york times runs a piece on what they call a "sense of crisis" deepening in washington following the dismissal of comey. another crisis in waiting perhaps over on the other side of the world where the japan times looks at the newly—elected south korean president's policy towards its neighbour north korea. president moonjae—in also said

that he would not rule out a visit to north korea under the right conditions. and finally, back in the business pages of the telegraph, news that high street food chain pret a manger is planning a listing on the new york stock exchange. experts are saying that it's likely to be valued at around $1.1; billion. with me is nick hungerford, founder of the investment management company nutmeg. after a big night out? yes, the asian women's business awards, some inspiring stories, empress of candidates and great winners. you look good fruit. you rolled straight in. when you read the daily telegraph and look tojeremy corbyn‘s manifesto, the leader of the labour party in the uk, your response was what? my response was, there is a clear focus here on policy and not personality.

presumably, this is the real thing. we do not know if it's deliberate or of its stake but assuming it is real, they have absolutely come out with a very detailed manifesto, far more detailed than we would usually expect from a political party leading up to the general election with some incredibly specific points. renewable energy up to 60% of all total energy output by 2030. and this is less than io%. of all total energy output by 2030. and this is less than 1096. big ambitions. two different ways people will look at it. this is irresponsible spending and too much money or that this will reinvigorate the economy and protect workers' rights and be a good thing for the uk. the telegraph points out that the leak allows the labour party to test the manifesto before they sign it off. it could be a fake leak. we have to bear in mind that some of the policies in that manifesto, particularly about nationalisation,

isn't that controversial among the voters 7 isn't that controversial among the voters? a lot of people would welcome mat. because there is so much in here, lots of people picking up much in here, lots of people picking up on things they like and things they don't. this is it necessarily saying it is a polarisation. for example, having a retirement age of 66, that is great. it's a disaster if you are a young person because you are looking at working until 90. i was thinking about that earlier. asa i was thinking about that earlier. as a young person, of course. the financial times. it has been very hot on the james komi story which is interesting from a business perspective because from an investment point of view, it comes a point at which a political story becomes a business story because of confidence. —— comey.

becomes a business story because of confidence. -- comey. what's interesting about this article, this is meant to be a meeting between the russian foreign minister, the russian foreign minister, the russian ambassador to the united states and the american president and it's nothing about policy. there is nothing in this article about policy. it's as if they came in just had a chat about something on the sidelines. american photographers we re sidelines. american photographers were not even allowed into the meeting. one or two russian photographers were allowed in and this is a meeting on american soil. no american journalists. there this is a meeting on american soil. no americanjournalists. there is so much to talk about with russia and the states. energy and oil prices, the states. energy and oil prices, the crisis in syria, and what we will talk about later with north korea. but none of this is focused on policy. it's amazing. how this political story has become a global news story that will affect markets. the new york times on line, quite a

bold headline. a lot of critics calling for an independent enquiry into trump's links with russia. the trouble for him, every time he does meet with a russian at any level, it's going to go back to his friendship, his links, his collaboration if the allegations of that during the campaign but he does have to meet with russians as president. this is an excellent article which focuses on what the implications for the russian affair, if we can call it that, are on the workings of washington. everybody around the world will know, things in washington can happen really slowly. we see these fights on the floor, filibuster is to get everything through and basically, this is explaining that the democrats are

fiow explaining that the democrats are now going to do everything they can to slow down every policy. there was one even hear about the effect of ageing that yesterday was called for in the senate. how can they slow down everything is that the focus can all be on this russian investigation? i bring it back to business. the hope had been when top came into power, certainly from an investment perspective, there would bea investment perspective, there would be a large spend and expectations are waning because if he can't get things through congress, he will not get that through. it's about reinvigorating the economy. having huge growth in having tax cuts and everything. that will be a struggle to him to get through. unlike the first story with the labour manifesto. it is all back on people. you mentioned north korea. donald trump and his policy on north korea, it means —— it seems to be a focus on military pressure. south korea do

tend to have the final say when it comes to north korea, being its neighbour and with its new president looking at the sunshine policy and revisiting that, it could be another setback for donald trump. to put this in context, ten years of conservative leadership in south korea and are quite aggressive policy towards north korea which has tied in very well with japan and america's recent stamps. we now have a more liberal leader who has come in on the back of a scandal and the old president, being displaced and removed because of that scandal. we don't know yet whether he is going to adopt the old sunshine policy but he has said, and in this article he makes mention of even want to meet north korean leaders of the situation was right, he has said he will consider all the options. that is huge change of tone when, just a month ago, the south korean foreign minister was saying, should there be another nuclear test, the sixth

test, it would be met by unbearable sanctions for north korea. this is a softening and it's particularly going to affect japan where the president is moving away from the pacifist regime. let us now talk about pret a manger. british firm, british founders, started in the 80s. casual dining. it is a shame if you are a bit and to see and hear. it is only speculation. thank you for taking us through the news. we are back with the latest news headlines and business next. hello there. after the dry weather that we have been experiencing for days and weeks now, there is finally a change on the way, courtesy of these lumps of cloud, which have been bringing some quite

vicious thunderstorms across spain and portugal, now on the march northwards. so many of us will see some showery rain and perhaps some thunderstorms over the next couple of days, and with that, a feed of warm, southerly winds, some humid air moving in our direction for the end of the week. so yes, those temperatures climbing. quite a muggy feel to the weather, with the risk of some thunderstorms. in fact, there could be the odd flash of lightning as some showers approach the far south through the first part of thursday morning. so, down towards the south coast, one or two showers to start the day. further north, for the likes of london, east anglia, should be a fine and sunny start. could be one or two thundery showers across the channel islands, into the south—west of england. not expecting huge amounts of rain at this stage, but could just be a few sprinkles, and the odd flash of lightning overhead, some of that getting into the south of wales. but north wales, the west midlands, north—west england, starting the day with some sunshine, and actually a relatively chilly start

to the day here. a fine start for northern ireland and much of scotland, but some extra cloud across caithness and sutherland, fringing into parts of aberdeenshire, certainly across the northern isles, where there will be the odd spot of rain. much of northern england seeing fine weather, with some sunshine to start off the day. now, as we go through the day, there will be a lot of dry weather once again. some spells of sunshine, but we will see this very patchy, showery rain moving its way northwards, and then into the afternoon, the chance that we could spark off some really quite vicious downpours and thunderstorms. not everywhere, but if you catch one, well, you will know about it, a lot of rain in a short space of time. temperatures in the south up as high as 22, maybe 23 degrees. a little bit cooler, still, further north. but, as we go through thursday night into the early hours of friday, that humid air continues to trundle northwards. some hit—and—miss, showery rain, and it will be a much, much less chilly night than we have had recently. eight to 13 degrees, those are the minimum temperatures. friday, well, a bit of a mishmash, really. yes, there will be some spells of sunshine.

there will also be some of these showers drifting northwards. still the potential for the odd rumble of thunder, flash of lightning, and still feeling pretty humid for many. 19 degrees there in london, something cooler holding on across the far north of scotland. saturday another fairly humid and showery day, some sunny spells between the downpours. but then, through saturday night, a change. a weather front moves its way in. behind that, some fresher air pushing in from the west. so temperatures on sunday will be a little bit lower. a fresher feel to the weather, with a mix of sunshine and showers.

hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and sally nugent. labour's draft election manifesto has been leaked more than a week before its official launch. the document includes plans to nationalise the railways, royal mail and parts of the energy industry as well as scrapping tuition fees. good morning, it's thursday 11th may.

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