month's elections in germany and says german chancellor angela merkel runs the risk with voters in backing french president emmanual macron‘s vision for eurozone reforms. the times says thousands of twitter users have been deceived by a suspected russian agent posting pro—brexit, anti—migration and anti—eu propoganda. one analyst believes it's on a scale the uk has never seen before. in the daily telegraph, how a low—fat diet may actually increase the chance of an early death. that's the findings of a canadian study, which suggests that those who cut back on butter, cheese and meats tend to compensate with other foods and miss out on vital nutrients. and finally, how northern ireland is cashing in on the game of thrones. this article in the guardian tells how local businesses are capitalising on throner tourism and plans to keep the legacy alive after the final series goes into production later this year. am sure they don't

to i am sure they don't need to do much to keep the legacy of life. it is not name of groans! with me is funke abimbola, who is a senior lawyer and diversity leader here in the uk. morning. let's start obviously with the japan times' picture of... i think they said it was a missile lobbed overjapan. it has travelled 2000 kilometres. that is an interesting word to use. but how worrying is that? it is concerning, and it is counter to the joint us and it is counter to the joint us and south korean efforts, and this aim of hitting the us base in this pacific. i am concerned about how this would escalate. if this can be done so easily, where will it end? donald trump saying that he will explore his options as well. you are thinking, how on earth will this be

pacified? we have the south korean and japanese leaders saying we will put pressure on to the max to force pyongyang to the negotiating table. there is all of this posturing as well when this happens. i think ego is there i say it come into play. i can only hope that there is a resolution to it —— egos dare i say it. how does it appear, what is the perception of all of this. peace? i don't know. it is difficult, isn't it, that is the issue — it is hard to predict how it will play out from any point of view. certainly in financial markets that is the real concern. there is no sense of how it is going to end. you wouldn't escalate it if you could help it. containing it won't work. you wonder what the options are. let's have

look at hurricane harvey. the news continues and the coverage continues. we have highlighted it today in the houston chronicle. most international front pages have pictures president trump and melania trump, who were there yesterday. it talks about 450,000 people needing federal aid. talks about 450,000 people needing federalaid. interesting talks about 450,000 people needing federal aid. interesting to see how they were greeted, how their presence went down really. you know, donald trump trying to make his presence felt in a state that were very supportive of him. and it is devastation on a scale that is hard to fathom. looking at these images, it is genuinely difficult to imagine this is really happening. and now to have a curfew of course, with empty homes available for looters, just imagine you have been displaced and you have to worry about your house being burgled as well on top of it. i think the curfew is between 10pm and 5am, isn't it, to contain

people, to make sure they are not roaming the streets robbing people. it is extraordinary. there is a lot about lessons learnt from katrina, donald trump has picked up on that, something george bush never did, which was put his feet on the ground and show his readiness, show his concern, which donald trump has done. the other thing is the extent to which donald trump are evacuating. houston don't take people out. it has created concern as to whether they should have. people out. it has created concern as to whether they should havem has done. it is hard to know what the right thing to do is. there is the right thing to do is. there is the unpredictable element. you don't know if it will get worse. will the flooding subside? it is hard to plan around that. it will be interesting to see what federal help they get. yes. as we know, budgets are tight. many businesses and farmers did not have insurers for flooding many businesses and farmers did not have insurers forflooding in particular because it was so i'm likely to happen. dollar down, oil production levels down —— so

unlikely to happen. it will be an interesting scenario. let's move on to the ft, which is focusing on the elections, the german elections, three orfour elections, the german elections, three or four weeks away. angela merkel in any way... you mess in any way with the financial security of germany and you are toying with voters. it is tricky, because of course macron has been clear in france about his vision for the eurozone. she is having to tread a careful line. the germans are always concerned when they hear about eurozone reform. they think it will hit them in the pocket. and the wider immigration and so on, the cost of all about. it is a tricky balance for her on this one. i see her still winning the election of course. even that, you'd never know what will happen. the eurozone issue is thorny, especially with brexit as well, it you know, heightened

sensitivity. interesting to get a sense of the feeling in germany on reforming the eu because i would imagine many want reform as well. u nless imagine many want reform as well. unless it is about how they run their finances. unless it is about how they run theirfinances. i unless it is about how they run their finances. i may unless it is about how they run theirfinances. i may be unless it is about how they run their finances. i may be wrong, though i think there was a sense with germans, "we know how to manage the economy and don't want to hand it over" as was the problem with the ecb. many germans feel they have to pay so much to bail out many southern european economies that struggle following the global financial crisis. it is difficult. where are we next? the times. this isa where are we next? the times. this is a story about twitter accounts. come on, you use twitter a lot.|j do. have you been following this quy: do. have you been following this guy, if it is a man, it could be a robot? no, i haven't. i can categorically say i am not one of

his followers. thisjust categorically say i am not one of his followers. this just shows... well, he could be, for alli his followers. this just shows... well, he could be, for all i know. i will have to check later on. we are truly in a post— truth era where people can put whatever they want out there in whatever form on social media, this is twitter, though it could have been anything else. it is ha rd could have been anything else. it is hard for us receiving the news to know if it is a real person, are they based where they say they are based, and people are influenced by this. high—volume is of tweets coming from this account. slightly entertaining and frightening at the same time. i was quite surprised when i read it and ifelt my years, having read it. we shouldn't be surprised, should we, if we look around the world that major elections taking place, it only follows a current, which is a rushing attempt to influence what is going on in many western democracies. and tweeting about hot issues like anti—eu sentiment and pro— brexit tapped into the current

mood politically, so it is quite easy to whip up a frenzy on social media, and frightening. sorry, one last point. i always thought the clever thing with twitter was you spotted the cheap pr shots very quickly. you think, "that is rubbish", though the other side of spotting that is very difficult. and it can look very credible. talking of things that can look credible, advice about health, the daily telegraph has its daily update on what we should or should not be doing to live longer and this is low—fat diets might increase your chance of an early death. shocking. it is shocking. people having full fat butter and milk this morning thinking this is great. so much confusion. this is what i want to hear this morning. so much confusion of what we can and can't eat. if you have a low—fat diet you are likely to eat stodgy food, simple carbs et cetera, pasta and so on. people are

thinking, what can i eat, how much cani thinking, what can i eat, how much can i eat of what, and another study on this. there will be another study out tomorrow. it changes every day. game of thrones, massive for northern ireland. are you a firm?|j am northern ireland. are you a firm?” am not. i don't get it. i haven't watched it ever. i don't think we are the right people to be talking about it. it is great for northern ireland, though. it is great tourism for northern ireland. a lot of money. and if they can make it a legacy thing. we have to stop it there. thank you very much. it is good to see you. goodbye for now. have a really good day, see you soon. goodbye. hello there. for some of us, wednesday looks set to bring a major cooldown. on tuesday, parts of south—east england had temperatures into the mid—to—high 20s. but for wednesday, not so. 15 or 16 degrees is the very best we can expect, with some

outbreaks of rain. it may even feel like the end of summer. the cooler weather comes courtesy of this strip of cloud that has been working its way slowly southwards and eastwards. cooler air already in place across scotland, northern ireland and northern england. here, the day ahead will bring a mixture of sunny spells and showers. some of those showers could be on the heavy side. fairly breezy in the far north—west. but the further south and east you are, the greater the chance of being stuck in the areas of cloud, with some outbreaks of rain. where this rain turns heaviest and most persistent, you may be at 12 or 13 degrees at times in the afternoon. if you get a dry or brighter spell, you could possibly add a few degrees to that. for the south—west of england, wales and the north of england, things brightening through the day, some spells of sunshine. just a few showers by the afternoon. showers across scotland. 16,17,18 degrees. it looks like we could see some heavy showers working to northern ireland later in the afternoon. 17 degrees in belfast.

a soggy end to the day in east anglia and the south east. but then that should pull away to the east as we get into the early hours of thursday. with clear skies and fairly light winds, it's going to turn chilly. 10—11 degrees for some towns and cities. in the countryside, down to single digits. so a cool and fresh day for the most part on thursday. a day of sunshine and showers. some of those showers could be heavy. they could be thundery. quite hit and miss. good dry spells in between the downpours. top temperatures ranging from 16 in glasgow to 21 degrees in london. on friday it looks like we could see one or two showers down towards the south. the vast majority, it should be dry with spells of sunshine. again, temperatures no great shakes. 15—21 degrees, pleasant enough in the sunshine. the weekend starts fine, but on sunday, we'll probably see more cloud and some rain in the west. before i go, a quick update

on tropical storm harvey, which has once again over the last 24 hours being feeding huge amounts of rainfall into texas. some spots have seen well over a metre of rain. the wettest weather now sliding further east and further north. so across those flood—hit parts of texas, the rain will start to ease. however, the floodwaters won't subside for quite some time. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. north korea receives unanimous condemnation at the united nations for firing a ballistic missile overjapan. as diplomats describe the latest action as outrageous, pyongyang releases pictures of the test, and says it will carry out similar drills in the future. good morning, it is wednesday 30 august. also this morning: a night—time curfew is declared in the flood—hit

city of houston, in a move to prevent looting. a call for a ban on credit card firms extending spending limits without the cardholders' consent.