are taking place and the mood is described as ‘frantic.’ the financial times covers the decision by the vice—chairman of the federal reserve, stanley fischer to hand in his resignation to president trump, adding to the turbulence at the us central bank as it now faces a host of vacancies at senior levels. india's biggest film of the summer exposes a major problem across the country. this is in the new york times. the film is called ‘toilet, a love story‘ and it speaks to one of the country‘s ‘most serious public health concerns‘ — 1.3 billion people and not enough toilets. ultra—thin models ‘out of fashion?‘ the financial times looks at a ban by french luxury fashion groups of models under a size 32, that‘s a uk four or a size zero in the states. the brands include louis vutton, christian dior and gucci. and, in the daily telegraph, ryanair is banning passengers from using wheelie bags as hand

luggage, over claims that customers are abusing its "two items" rule and causing delays. let‘s rule and causing delays. have a look at all of that. have let‘s have a look at all of that. we have micaela with us from the european bank for reconstruction and development. it makes sense to start with the hurricane. notjust the devastation but the cost. it is huge. i have been in typhoons and they are frightening. the interesting thing i think is how few people have actually died. or lost their lives. there may have been physical destruction but they are have done so much disaster prepare a list that they know what to do and they have done a good job. they set up they have done a good job. they set up shelters and told everyone what to do. it is interesting to see how

this will translate when it hits florida. at this point, they used to talk about being resilient people as m, talk about being resilient people as in, we will cope. but resilience is about not affecting your life so much. one death is always too many but the numbers are down. the message is getting through. and we can look back just message is getting through. and we can look backjust at message is getting through. and we can look back just at the flooding in south asia and how, for example, in bangladesh there are far fewer people losing their lives with his natural disasters. we cannot stop the events from happening and how we deal with them and how governments allocate resources to deal with them is the important thing. you are about to mention the movement onto the us and perhaps you are not as impressed with them 7 the us and perhaps you are not as impressed with them?” the us and perhaps you are not as impressed with them? i don't think the... they have not had so many policies. they think that they can deal with it, which they normally can, buti deal with it, which they normally can, but i think the extent of these disasters and the impact that we have seen recently shows that maybe

they need is the more thinking about what they do about it. let's talk about a man who i watch quite closely. the vice—chairman of the us federal reserve. he has announced his resignation. early. he was meant to carry on untiljune next year but he is finishing now for personal reasons. much spectrum speculation about that and about who will fill the shoes. it is giving donald trump a large... there are four vacancies. he can really influence it. it is like the supreme court and he can make his mark on economic policy. bearing in mind that, maybe, fischer did not have quite the same policy ideas... that is quite nicely put. he was not keen on deregulating financial services which, of course, president trump is keen on doing. many now see this as an opportunity for donald trump to get in place someone for donald trump to get in place someone who will push that agenda.

yes. and he will be able to do that. it will be interesting to watch.|j wonder how much he will be able to do. wing are now talking four vacancies from seven. that says something about the system as well. it is not just something about the system as well. it is notjust one vacancy and you can bring in one person to be part the month at. that is true. that happens. people do leave institutions. sometimes, in the us, in the supreme court, they stand down. they stand down. is helps people may be the end of their career, maybe other things happen in their lives. we shall find out. we shall find out. it is interesting timing. janet yellen. do you think she will go? that is in february. she made. i don't know. who knows. that will really leave the field

open, won‘t it? that will really leave the field open, won't it? this story on the front page of the new york times. trouble when nature calls is the headline and editors about a film in india that highlights the rarity of toilets in india. and is a real problem. it is a problem for public health but also personal dignity. and also safety. we have heard over the years of women who have been assaulted when they go to the toilet, the fact that actually india has this deficit in toilets. what i also find, which is well—known, but what i find quite interesting is that a film should have such an impact on policy. they have lived with this deficit for many years but the fact that a film, a love story, about this issue is actually influencing policy. ithink about this issue is actually influencing policy. i think it is great. maybe it was the best way to influence them. obviously we are discussing issues of hygiene but

this is a massive gender equality problem as well. in schools, girls can‘t go to toilets and schools even. from a woman‘s point of view it isa even. from a woman‘s point of view it is a bigger and more damaging issue. i think it is a disproportionate impact on women when there are no toilets. or hygiene, for safety, having to go outside. you are vulnerable of you are going out in public that it is m, are going out in public that it is in, yes. and young girls at school, without adequate facilities. the la st without adequate facilities. the last time you were here we were discussing policy being influenced by social media campaign, a twitter hash tag. are now the european bank is always looking at how you can get government policy to change to support business and communities. it would seem the power of movies, the power of social media... many buttons to push. it is all very well talking about it and putting in new toilets but the message here is that

the government is doing that but many of them are not even plugged up, they are not even piped up. they don‘t work properly. up, they are not even piped up. they don't work properly. the other thing is that they are asking people to use their phones to allocate a toilet. it is interesting to see how top —— technology is doing that. another interesting story, big fashion houses saying no more to ultra— skinny models, something that has been called for four decades. ultra— skinny models, something that has been called for four decadeslj would agree. i wonder if there was a feeling that there would be regulations brought in so this was a way to pre—empt that. we all know this has been an issue. these very, very skinny models influence women, potentially to eating disorders. do you get a sense that this is here to stay? i would say cynically that it is just another fashionable moment to stand up for this or that. it

changes with the season, the year, the outlook. yes but i think businesses are quite sensitive and they may feel that there is a movement now to regulate and maybe this is the reason that they have decided to act now. now, you are always in and you travel a lot. what do you make of these latest changes oi'i do you make of these latest changes on the part of ryanair, cabin baggage you can put in, whether it has wheels on, the way, besides. your frustrations. has wheels on, the way, besides. yourfrustrations. share has wheels on, the way, besides. your frustrations. share them. has wheels on, the way, besides. yourfrustrations. share them. i have been hit by so many people trying to put their wheelies up in the cabin. i am not a great person for taking a lot of luggage on—board. for taking a lot of luggage on-board. but it does save you the hassle of baggage retrieval. bidders a few ads... new travel first class... it is interesting because i have come to side with you. i can‘t be bothered to take luggage on any more. i have is an easy truth that i

wonder if this is, about, the time ta kes to wonder if this is, about, the time takes to get passengers on or is it a better way of bringing in a few quid? it could be that in the long—term... but quid? it could be that in the long—term. .. but i quid? it could be that in the long—term... but i also think it is about security. it has to be so tight on—board and the bag checks before you go the plane also take up a huge amount of time and resources. and boarding the plane, when you are trying to board the plane and someone trying to board the plane and someone has tried to put their luggage at their comic you can‘t get people on the plane... she is off. we need to stop at. good to see you. have a good day and we will see you soon. good morning. there is wind and rain in the forecast for the british isles over the next few days but nothing like the wet and windy weather that is being brought in the caribbean by hurricane irma. a huge, lumbering storm system with the eye showing up

on our earlier satellite. during the day ahead the storm will move away from puerto rico, just clipping the north of the dominican republic and haiti and moving towards the eastern side of cuba late in the day. back home we have our own area of low pressure, a far less potent one, obviously. isobars beginning to squeeze together, showing that the wind will be picking up as the day goes on. we will also see some outbreaks of rain. central and eastern areas particularly it could be a fairly dry and bright start but further north and west, cloud will thicken and outbreaks of rain slide across northern ireland, scotland and northern england with increasingly blustery winds. at four o‘clock in the afternoon, a lot of cloud for the likes of belfast, temperatures around 16 degrees. the rain turning heavier across western areas of scotland and even some outbreaks of rain across eastern scotland and temperatures in aberdeen just 13 degrees. that rain stretching across northern england from newcastle to manchester and down into the midlands. we will see cloud and showers into the afternoon. similar weather for wales, cloudy weather

with showery rain at times. 17 degrees in cardiff. a grey afternoon in prospect in the south—west of england. again, with showers coming and going at times and the wind increasing building here. even here cloud thickens up with a couple of showers into the afternoon. as we go on through the night we will see bands of rain progressing erratically southwards and eastwards, getting stuck across southern areas by the end of the night. temperatures dropped to 10 degrees in aberdeen and 15 in plymouth. during friday, this band of rain will get stuck across southern areas and some rain could be quite heavy. there will be blustery wind around as well but the further north and west you are, the better the chance of seeing some sunshine albeit with some very thundery downpours mixed in. as we go into the weekend, things look decidedly unsettled and dare i say autumnal. cool windy weather with some rain at times.

the rain on saturday coming in the form of showers. some of these could be heavy, fairly breezy, the wind not coming from a warm direction at all so the temperature just 16—18 degrees. a bright start on sunday towards the south—east, heavy rain pushing in from the north—west and late in the day western areas particularly will turn very windy indeed. hello. this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. death and destruction in the wake of hurricane irma. at least seven people have died in the caribbean‘s fiercest storm in a decade. one island, barbuda, is described as barely habitable. good morning.

a row over using laws first introduced by henry viii is at the centre of a two—day debate on brexit. for the latest in the season on britain‘s coast, we are on a scientific research vessel trying