they accuse it of supporting extremism. the gulf news looks at the financial fallout for qatar. stocks fell as a result of the uncertainty, and the price of oilfell too. in addition, qatari planes are to be banned from egyptian and saudi air space. the financial times reports on a surge in the number of job adverts related to blockchain, the technology underpinning the digital currency bitcoin. the papers says it's one of the "hottest areas for technology recruitment". finally, gin is shaking and stirring up the alcohol industry — and for the first time ever, the popular spirit is earning more money for the uk treasury than beer. experts in the daily telegraph say the gin—boom is partly inspired by james bond. with us is andrew tuck — editor of global news and business magazine monocle. we will start to be independent. we have got to the attackers of the

bridge attack named. kharam butt. the independent asks how he slipped through the net. mi5 is watching 3000 people. is this sustainable? some 20,000 people who are of interest and the difficulty is, what is the weapon, the weapon is access toa carand is the weapon, the weapon is access to a car and potentially a knife and that's all these people need is in the past, it would have been chatter about explosives. they were looking at the real clues that somebody might have been trying to a bomb that here, this is access to a car. they are rightfully saving, there was no hint they didn't pick up any i'iews. was no hint they didn't pick up any news. the other thing is, how much of this was inspired by being a copycat. maybe there wasn't a long lead time. maybe they saw that attack in march and it's only in re ce nt attack in march and it's only in recent weeks they have decided to make their attack here in london bridge so short lead time and wheel

weapons to talk about. this article and many of them pick up on the fact that he is filmed in a tv documentary about extremism and many are asking the question, in this particular case, should mi5 have been more on it. ——? should they have assessed differently? he has beenin have assessed differently? he has been in this tv documentary about outspoken young men, many of whom have said outrageous things but have not gone on to commit the same acts. there were such huge numbers, they have to decide who is more likely to be trouble. they looked at this man and they didn't see any reason to target him. they've made a terrible mistake and there will be a lot of finger—pointing but we have mistake and there will be a lot of finger— pointing but we have to mistake and there will be a lot of finger—pointing but we have to have some sympathy for them today and we look at the numbers and look at the weapons of choice. three attacks in as many months. security will be one

of the issues in the election that is coming up. thejapan of the issues in the election that is coming up. the japan times picks up is coming up. the japan times picks up on that as well. interesting to see and they are looking at it as well. here is an election that was going to be the brexit election and thenit going to be the brexit election and then it moved on to social issues and now it is going to be about security and the fascinating thing is, it is not a good issue. jeremy corbyn, who is very proud to vote against much legislation that was regarded as anti— terror. he boasted about that. that doesn't look at him. but theresa may is stuck with this terrible figure of 20,000. 20,000 police officers lostjobs under her watch. that figure has stuck in the mind of the public '5 as she goes out to campaign, the police officers, they need to face the fact that britain is safer than

it has ever been. it doesn't look good as you can see, again and again on the internet. when she called a snap election, to everybody‘s surprise, the commentary immediately afterwards was, she will probably get quite a strong majority, she will do 0k. the predictions were she would get in and get a decent majority but this article points out, it's getting tighter. is that why the international attention is going up? because it's not so easy to predict the outcome. you will see that reflected on the stock market. 0f that reflected on the stock market. of the people are unsure. it still feels like theresa may is likely to win. those figures have narrowed and with the previous terror attacks, manchester, they did not move the percentage points. people are not quite sure what is going to be the touch issues. arab news talking

about qatar being increasingly isolated but this article picks up on the fact that residents in qatar i panic buying, empty supermarket shelves. not only is the airspace being closed but that closed the land borders. it has been closed with saudi arabia. you can't bring any food in by land. it feels already that we are hearing, let's get everyone together, we need to bring everybody together. the us has troops based in qatar but it is working closely with saudi. this headline, doha in distress, that is what they want to put out there. headline, doha in distress, that is what they want to put out therem is trying to reflect the conflict in the area. the government in qatar is

saying, we are not in distress, we've got what we require. there are different messages coming from different messages coming from different parts of the region. no doubt. there is a feeling of being under pressure in doha. an airline dependent on connecting people around the world. this is a country which has the world cup coming up. it gets somehow linked with terrorism, it's not good to the brand. why has this or flat up now? lots of things going on in the region. we are coming close to, it seems, the end of the civil war in syria. they want opposing sides, the saudis and qatar. the saudis are concerned about uranium power. there are so many crisscrosses concerned about uranium power. there are so many crisscrosses of concerned about uranium power. there are so many crisscrosses of power politics at play. the fact that the saudis feel emboldened. they can be a bit more bullish about their actions. also panic some of stock

market. qatar stocks tumbling 8%. but they can go up the next day by 8%. many of the big companies in qatar did not have a great day. there are also fears the oil price may fall again because all these members of opec may not be able to negotiate each other. this is quite an interesting development. thejob ads surging forward bloc chain skills. how many people can fight those jobs? there are over 1000 jobs advertised the people, and she is connected with blockchain. it is a way of trading in these crypto currencies and away holding various kind of legis sheets in various computers. it means that nobody can

hack it. and it's fully public. you get all the information you want to know. it's transparent, isn't it? any memberof know. it's transparent, isn't it? any member of the public can logon but you cannot hack it. it's fascinating and it goes to show that thejobs in fascinating and it goes to show that the jobs in these areas, i fascinating and it goes to show that thejobs in these areas, i imagine if your bloc chain ——a blockchain expert, you could be earning a lot. artificial intelligence and blockchain other two things. all big banks need this. after that explanation, i think i need a gin and tonicjust explanation, i think i need a gin and tonic just to explanation, i think i need a gin and tonicjust to wake me up because that was something i had to admit, i had no idea. blockchain is something beyond me. gin sales are, for the first time, outselling beer. my goodness. how does that work? it's not outselling beer, it's the amount of money treasury is making in terms of money treasury is making in terms of taxes. you make a bit more from gin. ithink

of taxes. you make a bit more from gin. i think the telegraph have got this so wrong. it's got nothing to do with downton abbey. it is due to all those hipsters in hackney who ten years ago realised that you can make gin quite simply. the likes of sipsmith, these new young companies. the same and frightened as well. sipsmith, these new young companies. the same and frightened as wellm you go to amsterdam or new york, there were some local company making gin andl there were some local company making gin and i think, once, it is the oldies who have caught up with the youngsters. andrew, as always, thank youngsters. andrew, as always, thank you very much. thank you for your time. we will see you very soon will hello there. with heavy rain and some strong winds in the forecast, you could well see some disruption to travel over the next 2a hours. there could be lying surface water

around and the strength of the wind perhaps strong enough to down to some small trees. we have low pressure pushing gradually northwards and eastwards across the country during the past few hours. through tuesday morning, that area brings outbreaks of rain across many parts of the country. gale force gusts of wind at times, too. there will be brighter conditions moving in from the west later on. let's look at 8am for the morning commute. cloudy for the midlands down tot the south—east with patchy outbreaks of rain. more sunshine as we head south—west of england and wales. sunny spells, scattered showers, still windy around the exposed coasts and hills. wet whether continuing across north wales, the midlands, northern england. northern ireland will see a return to drier weather with sunshine but scotland is sitting underneath the cloud with outbreaks of rain. the area of rain nudges slowly northwards and eastwards wales will across england, wales and scotland.

the south—western half of the uk sees a return to sunshine and showers, but the strength of the wind could be gusting up to 50mph, even inland. a windy day on tuesday and it will feel cooler than it has been recently with temperatures between 13 and 18 degrees. particularly cool where you're stuck under cloud and the outbreaks of rain across scotland and north—east england, the rain lingers on into the early hours of wednesday. elsewhere across the country, a return to clearer conditions and less windy. temperatures overnight down to about nine or ten. wednesday will be an improving sort of day down to the fact that this area of low pressure will slowly clear off to the north—east. we still have pretty tightly packed isoba rs during wednesday. another breezy day to come across northern and eastern parts of england and scotland but elsewhere we have light winds and a bit more sunshine, so an improvement.

the next batch of rain waiting in the wings to head in from the south—west later on. but in the sunshine with the lighter winds, it will reach about 20 or so in london. during thursday, we will see further spells of wet weather working west to east across the country, another breezy good morning from a special edition of breakfast. with just 48 hours until the uk goes to the polls, we've invited some of you to join us for breakfast with a panel of experts ready to take your questions. we will be discussing social care,

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