now it is time for our news review. we begin with the independent, which carries a picture of barcelona's famous sagrada famillia. according to spanish police, one of the suspects under arrest for last week's attack said the terror cell had planned to target the cathedral as well as other landmarks. the arab news leads with saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman who has met with senior us officials including us president donald trump's son—in—lanared kushner. the paper says they discussed efforts to bring peace between the israelis and palestinians. the ft says the trump administration has raised the pressure on moscow and beijing to isolate the north korean regime by imposing sanctions on an array of chinese and russian companies accused of helping pyongyang develop nuclear weapons. meanwhile, south of the border, south korea has rejected a us proposal to revise a five—year—old bilateral trade deal that president trump has criticised as a "job killer".

that story can be found in the gulf news business section. the independent also focusses on brexit and whether uk prime minister theresa may might be softening her strict opposition to the european court ofjustice having influence on british laws after brexit. government plans to be published today indicate a deal may be done with brussels. and finally, england has secured a place in the women's world cup rugby final after beating france 20—3. the red roses will now face new zealand's black ferns in a showdown at kingspan stadium in belfast in four days time. so, let's begin. with me is cornelia meyer, who's ceo of mrl corporation, a business consultancy firm. thank you forjoining us. let's start with the details surrounding barcelona. and the idea of blowing

up barcelona. and the idea of blowing up sagrada familia for a start says it all. it is chilling. the ambition, and you have to hand it to the spanish authorities that they we re the spanish authorities that they were able to quickly roll out how bad this could have gotten antony pitt in -- bad this could have gotten antony pitt in —— and nip it in the bud. there was an explosion. there was a degree of luck involved. this is really chilling. and it is for every major capital in every major city, notjust major capital in every major city, not just western city, this radicalisation is an issue. notjust a one off, notjust one or two people having a crack, this looks like a proper cell of 12 individuals with an imam, some of the suspected attackers say they were led to do this. and there must be many

sleepless cells in so many great european, american and asian and middle eastern cities. let's not forget, most people die in the middle east in muslim countries of such incidents. let's look at the arab news. the us in search of real middle east peace. what do you make of that? i have a regular column in arab news. you didn't write this? this is not a column. it does make sense. there is the arab peace initiative, started in 2002 by the then crowned prince abdullah, who became the king, in doors to buy the arab league in 2017, which said we are willing to accept israel if they give back the land they occupy essentially without going for the

two state option —— endorsed. and then we can start to trade. this is a good start. it follows on. it makes sense that the king of saudi arabia look at is because they came up arabia look at is because they came up with the peace initiative. the question will be how they can find compromises and how much land will israel be willing to give up, in settlements? they used to say solve the israeli palestinian problem, you sold the middle east. this is down the pecking order, it feels. and with today's geopolitics, what is happening in afghanistan, iraq, syria, isis and these issues, this is one of the issues. but it will certainly help take tension out of the region. we will see how it goes. let's have a look at sanctions in

the ft, sanctions on russia and china to sever the north korean links in the context of the war of words between donald trump and the leader of north korea. we have already had un sanctions. the us has issued further sanctions. china is not pleased. i understand it the us saying if russian and chinese companies are trading with north korea, we need to do something. and ican see korea, we need to do something. and i can see china which says, look, we have agreed — we live in the region and we have to live with north korea. we have to deal with north korea. we have to deal with north korea. we have to deal with north korea. we think the un security council is the right framework. please hold off unilateral actions. you can see both sides. it has calmed down somewhat in the last week. ever since kim jong-un said he would not go and attack guam, things calmed down. letting sleeping dogs

re st calmed down. letting sleeping dogs rest is not a bad idea. the next stories come together, don't they, the sanctions, then this from the south koreans rejecting the us call to advise the horrible trade deal — at the time, in this case as south korea, you need to work together on so korea, you need to work together on so many issues. this might not be the time. mrtrump so many issues. this might not be the time. mr trump might be barking up the time. mr trump might be barking up the wrong tree. a lot of countries who have trade balance surplus, like germany, still lost jobs that went to other countries. the trade balance in itself does not bring jobs, or lose jobs. this is his issue with the trade deal. it has been in place forfive years. it has been in place forfive years. it has seen the deficit between the us and south korea double to about 27 billion. he feels it is denying him

jobs. and then countries like germany with a surplus. and then he says, you should buy american cars. lam says, you should buy american cars. i am sorry, they are not very competitive. first produce competitive. first produce competitive products and then we can buy them. i saw that donald trump couple of hours ago said, nafta probably will die. that must throw all sorts of anxieties around every deal. nafta has about 6 millionjobs in the us tied in, because the goods are getting shipped back and forth, the supply chains, mexico and the us. he is cutting off his nose to spite his face. we move onto a story that the press is focusing on, which is brexit, and the direct control that the eu court ofjustice will or won't have once the uk is out. it is

amazing how much one word makes in terms of a political word, direct control. it looks as if theresa may is having to change her position. david davis is coming out today with a paperon david davis is coming out today with a paper on this. they are going for a paper on this. they are going for a compromise. they say we must find a compromise. they say we must find a solution for dispute resolution. there are examples. the eu — canada have dispute settlement courts with judges on both sides. the european free trade association court mediates between norway, iceland and lichtenstein, and the swiss have the diplomatic and political roots. there are things they can do to come up there are things they can do to come up witha there are things they can do to come up with a solution that pleases both. let's finish with something simple. rugby fan? delighted. over the moon. the french are a really

good team. for the english ladies to win this decisively, 23— three, that is something. i have a friend, rocky clarke, the most capped england by clarke, the most capped england rugby player, male or female. we say it often that it is the profile that is given to women's sport. things are changing. it is great. it is an encouragement. it gets girls or weight from the computer screen —— away from the computer screen to be healthy and to play sport. it is very important. it means a lot to you. we have to finish it there. thank you for watching. hi there. yesterday was a pretty humid day, wasn't it? but we did have some sunshine coming through. the best of this across southwest england, temperatures climbing to 25 degrees in bute. mind you, it was not sunny everywhere, a couple of inches

of rain in northern ireland, 15 millimetres in just four hours in county tyrone. so, some very heavy rain here. rain not just heavy but also thundery. thunderstorms rumbling north—east across northern ireland through the night. and on into the start of friday, the band of rain has moved away from northern ireland and into scotland. a soggy start to the day here, with some wet weather swinging into north—west england. mild and muggy to start for many of us, with temperatures 16—17 degrees. wet weather still with us for a good part of the morning across scotland. for eastern areas, low cloud with fog patches around the coast and hills. but an improving picture in northern ireland. the early morning cloud breaking to give some sunny spells. gradually we start to see things a bit brighter nibbling in across south—west of wales and south—west england as well. time to see what happens through the rest of wednesday. this area of cloud and rain is tied in with this weather front. it's very slowly going to be pushing eastwards across the country.

ahead of that front, warm and muggy air across east anglia and south—east england. so if the sunshine comes out through the cloud, well, it could become very warm. but generally, the weather turning a bit fresher from the west as the day goes by. nevertheless, i still think temperatures getting into the low 20s, perhaps even mid—20s in the warmest areas in the west. further east, we could see highs of 27. but to get that, we need some sunshine. 27 though would be the hottest day of august so far. wednesday night, that rain taking a while to clear from north—east scotland. then, through the night, showers from north—western areas. it will be a fresher kind of night, temperatures 13—14 fairly widely. the picture through thursday, and a bit of a north—west, south—east split. a flat ridge of high pressure in the south, keeping weather largely dry for southern areas on thursday. but close to the low pressure in the north—west, we're seeing a number of showers affecting northern ireland, scotland and also the north—west of england. and at times those showers could merge in northern ireland, becoming a long flow with the winds.

so it could be quite lengthy in places. friday, chances of rain across the west of the uk. the driest and sunniest weather will be acorss southern and eastern areas. that's your forecast. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and naga munchetty. taking back control of uk laws — the government outlines its latest position on brexit. it's vowed to end the direct jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice, but the issue is likely to cause a rift with the eu. good morning. it's wednesday, the 23rd of august. also this morning, the cell responsible for the barcelona terror attack tells a madrid court that it was planning to use explosives against key landmarks in the city. police have used teargas to disperse

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