the much interesting insight into the much wider issue of drug driving. coming up at six o'clock on breakfast charlie stayt and naga munchetty will have all the day's news, business and sport. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump's surprise decision to ban transgender people from the us military, causes anger and confusion — on both sides of washington's political divide. lgbtq campaigners say his decision is "shocking and ignorant. wildfires in south—east france have forced the evacuation of at least 10,000 people. hundreds of firefighters are battling flames on the cote d'azur — and the island of corsica. the government is asking neighbouring countries for more help. poland's government is facing legal action from the european commission over its plans to give politicians more power to appoint and sackjudges. there were several days of protests across poland, against the proposals. now it is time for our news review.

in the times world section, us president trump has made a surprise announcement that he's banning transgender people from serving in the us military "in any ca pacity". he says they risk burdening the military with "large medical bills and disruption". the japan times leads with north korea and a report by us intelligence officials who believe that pyongyang may have a reliable intercontinental missile capable of carrying a nuclear weapon the as early as next year. the picture on front of the telegraph shows some of the thousands of people in the south of france who have been forced from their homes and campsites to escape rapidly spreading wildfires. over 6,000 firefighters are battling the flames

which have been raging for three days. the telegraph looks at the use of antibiotics citing a new report which has called for an end to the advice that patients should complete every course. writing in the british medical journal, medical experts argue that this puts some patients at unnecessary risk from antibiotic resistance. in the guardian business section, drugs giant glaxosmithkline has said it will cull more than 30 development programmes in order to make one billion pounds of extra savings. and finally, amazon has finally joined the elite club of companies with a market capitalisation of over half a trillion dollars. the internet retail giant will now rub shoulders with other tech behemoths, microsoft, google and apple. with me is 0liver cornock who's editor—in—chief at the oxford business group i

, thank you very much forjoining us. , thank you very much forjoining us. let's begin... it is hardly an exclusive for the times, donald trump's tra nsgender exclusive for the times, donald trump's transgender band. what are your views? it has been can condemned across social media and it is on everything. it does seem a step backwards, doesn't it? there have been such ad vantage is the deal seed t communities in the united states, a country riven with heavenly conservative elements. i would argue that perhaps president trump is playing to that. is trying to push through difficult legislation, increasing sanctions against russia, repealing 0bamacare. this is perhaps an appeal to his conservative base. either way it looks to be a spurious angle. the cost argument, for a start. the cost

of viagra, apparently, is $40 million. the cost of looking after transgender people million. the cost of looking after tra nsgender people is million. the cost of looking after transgender people is less than $20 million. it does not make sense. transgender people is less than $20 million. it does not make sensem is not very pleasant when you look into this. i had somebody talking about that this was an example of the culture wars going on in the us between donald trump's core supporters and those who are more liberal and progressive who would balk at this. i could not agree more. it seems to me a bit of flesh being thrown to his core voters. and opportunistic. even the defence secretary, he was caught by surprise. he has come out with a moderate response. interesting, just to add, the uk chief of defence staff have all come universally, come out saying that they support the continued inclusion within the uk the continued inclusion within the u k forces the continued inclusion within the uk forces of transgender people as well as others. that is important and interesting. 0r gain, it plays

to the cultural divide. although, only 18 countries to allow transgender people in their forces at the moment. is not out on a limb on this one. the japan times and a reminder, perhaps, that there are big issues for the us president and others to be grappling with, especially as north korea ends up getting an icbm for the year is out. japan, of course, are quite a close neighbour. interesting angle here, this is nothing new, we have seen 80 crank up of these tests are quite provocative at times, one was on the fourth ofjuly, an important date for the us. to me this points towards the gradual creep. we have a lwa ys towards the gradual creep. we have always heard that this was going to be three orfour always heard that this was going to be three or four years away. suddenly we are talking about one away for icbm missiles with the nuclear capability. this is alarming. were losing time. is a

point? that this is alarmist and an effort he began to get more funding ata effort he began to get more funding at a key time for them. you take what opportunities come your way. absolutely you do. rhetoric is difficult. moving on. this awful situation with the fire. front page on the independent. 10,000 people have been evacuated from that part of provence. yes, the height of the holiday season. not just of provence. yes, the height of the holiday season. notjust france. earlier this summer we had big fires in portugal. this will affect local economies. it is a tragedy in terms of the local ecology. big hit to the economy. big hit if you are away with your family as well. some of the awful stories around this are perhaps the arsonists are to blame 01’ perhaps the arsonists are to blame or perhaps even just casual mistakes out camping. either way, the impact is huge. you mentioned ecology. i thought it was interesting, it feels

like there have always been fires on corsica for as long as i can remember. but with the drop—off of farming, more forestry, there is just more tender. that is true. in portugal there are the huge forests of cork trees as well. now next, this is a good one. haven't we a lwa ys this is a good one. haven't we always been told that we have to com plete always been told that we have to co m plete of always been told that we have to complete of atb even if you feel fine after two dave. that a new suggestion is that that is just not the case. it is about resistance. we have heard for a while but people are picking up infections when they are picking up infections when they are hospitalised and are becoming untreatable by around biotics. i wonder if consumers are, once again, wondering if the advice is turned on its head. the conclusion, there was a voice in moderation here from the general practitioners here in the uk, gps, saying that you need to tailor the course of length of treatment. of course, that seems to

make sense, doesn't it? yes, in that with that sense that we just use too many antibiotics. i wonder if this ties in to our next story. the pharmaceutical company axing programmes and brands to save money. isa programmes and brands to save money. is a sense that the pharmaceuticals do not wish to invest in areas they can not see an obvious return. absolutely. this new ceo, from within the organisation, is talking about having a few review of antibiotics. among this big cost—cutting drive she is looking to make £1 billion of savings and she is slicing off famous areas such as the drink horlicks focusing on cancer, immunosuppressants, things for arthritis and stuff like that. perhaps, as you say cynically, that is where the money lies. ben, last

throw the dice for you. this is an exclusive club to be a part of, the trillion dollar club. amazon has now signed up. absolutely. be interesting story he finishes with the fact that although 40% up in terms of its share price is still a small player. it is an exclusive club. nearly all of a technology companies and you have to ask, don't you, is this a bubble? i would hate to bea you, is this a bubble? i would hate to be a naysayer but we have seen this before. famous names he ever a moment and then gone. however it does seem that these names have been around for quite a long time and i wonder if this is a real market shift. in relative terms, i think you are right. thank you very much. hello. there is some downpour dodging to be done during the day ahead and in fact through the rest of this week. a mixed weather picture, some spells of sunshine,

showers as well, with showers heavy, blown along on a blustery wind at times. low pressure in charge of the scene. the isobars fairly tightly packed. that shows that we will have strong wind and a few showers around as well. showers initially most widespread across northern ireland and western scotland and then develop more widely across the country. some heavy with rumbles of thunder mixed in and some fairly blustery wind as well. after a cloudy start in southern areas things will brighten up a little bit. by the afternoon, although there will be heavy showers around with gusty wind there will also be some decent spells of sunshine between those downpours. 19 degrees in london, 17 in hull. some hefty showers stretching up across north—east england into scotland as well. across 0rkney and shetland that is the place to be if you want reliably dry weather. not many showers here at all and plenty of sunshine

through the afternoon. northern ireland, sunshine and showers. similar story across wales, 18 degrees in cardiff and down across the southwest of england. yes, sunshine and showers once again. as we head on through thursday night into the early hours of friday we still have our way of low pressure up to the north—west. some showers continuing. fewer showers further south, clear spells as well and overnight temperatures of 11—15 degrees. as we head on into friday, an area of low pressure still with us. and then there is this feature down here to the south. this will bring persistent rain later in the day. initially spells of sunshine, showers as well, they will fade for a while until they are replaced by a lump of rain pushing its way in from the west. most of the wet weather will move its way through fairly quickly during friday night and into the early part of saturday. once that clears away then, you guessed it, we are left with a mixture of sunshine and showers. still our area of low pressure

close by, the temperature around 16—23 degrees. for sunday wherever you are across the country you can expect downpours. the far north of scotland and shetland likely to stay dry. where the showers pop up they could be heavy with hail and thunder, feeling cool in a blustery wind. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. a major step towards creating a new immigration policy for britain, post—brexit. ministers launch a study into the role of eu nationals living and working in the uk. but critics claim it is too little, too late. good morning, it is thursday 27 july.

also this morning: should you stop taking antibiotics before finishing the course if you feel better? that is the suggestion from one group of experts, but gps say more study is needed. over and out. prince william prepares for his final shift as an air ambulance pilot before becoming a full—time royal.