policies to talk about. some policies to talk about. brexit of course. germany and france crushed hopes for swift transition deal, after the florence speech there were tentative rumblings that this is britain heading in the right direction, starting to sound more like the kind of thing that the eu 27 wa nted like the kind of thing that the eu 27 wanted to hear, but by not giving much away. yes, they were restarting the agenda as far as the talks were going, that britain was taking the initiative, and if this is the case, this is bad news for theresa may and somewhat more concerning to her i would have thought then these issues about things going on within the conservative party. her premiership has to be if nothing about brexit, and that was one of the strange things about her speech, when we did get to hear what she was trying to say, she didn't really say very much about brexit at all. maybe she felt

that what she needed to say had been said in florence but apparently the idea that we will be able to go ahead with the two—year period of transition is really looking out of the question now, according to this article. the eu has always said they will not do any discussions about future trade deals until they get the financial settlement sorted out. they said that at the start. they are consistent. yes, and this story is basically germany and france saying the thing they have always said. the idea that our government thought they would change their minds and that us start negotiating the future trade relationship early, i don't know why they would say that. the eu have said they will not move that. the eu have said they will not m ove o nto that. the eu have said they will not move onto the next age until the settle m e nt move onto the next age until the settlement is sorted —— next stage. maybe the hope was, after making the

concession and making it openly, that that would end the logjam, but it seems that having made the concession, the eu senses red blood and they are going in for the kill, as it were. brexit rivals fight for whitehall staff, are there not enough expert civil servants to go around? a couple of weeks ago, the most senior civil servant in the brexit department moved into number ten and they are setting up this other negotiation group in the cabinet office, and not only are we having negotiations in brussels, but internal civil service does not seem to know what is going on. we are restructuring our internal processes about brexit during negotiations, thatis about brexit during negotiations, that is not very helpful. sounds like this is a recruitment drive. that is not very helpful. sounds like this is a recruitment drivem is bizarre. the daily telegraph with a similar story, eu steps of talks

with labour —— steps up. the concern is the conservative government might fall so they need to have a plan b. brussels wants to make sure, say the government falls and labour becomes the government, they want to make sure thatjeremy corbyn would stick to anything that theresa may's government has a range, which seems quite unlikely. jeremy corbyn said in the election, that he would never agree to that. but he would still on agree to that. but he would still on a brexit, we understand.” agree to that. but he would still on a brexit, we understand. i don't think that is in question, but this isa very think that is in question, but this is a very good story for labour. it bolsters the impression that they are a party in waiting with the government around the corner, and again, nota government around the corner, and again, not a good headline for the conservative party and theresa may. he doesn't have to commit to anything. not at all. the criticism

of labour in their conference, for not having a clear vote on their brexit policy, but why would you do that? they can sit back and watch the government shambles and then when it gets close to the election, have another clear policy for top. and maybe you don't win, you hope, because you don't want to deal with brexit prophetic and now we have got another story apple gave uber some information? this must have come from a whistle—blower, presumably inside apple or inside uber, and i can't unpick this because i'm not sufficiently technically adept to be

able to do that, but from what i understand, essentially it is to do with making the app work more efficiently regarding using it on the apple watch rather than on the iphone. i haven't got one of those so iphone. i haven't got one of those soi iphone. i haven't got one of those so i can rest easy. laughter although i can't unpick the mechanics, it makes me feel uneasy because it is another of these stories that says, as consumers, we don't really know who has access to out don't really know who has access to our data and what is it telling them and how can this be regulated, and so and how can this be regulated, and so this is a little unnerving, i think, for those of us who enjoy using these facilities but don't quite know what that is telling anybody about our habits and preferences and our privacy. people might expect that apple would know what you are doing the phone, but the fact that they let third parties

know like uber, that will be a concern. they permitted them. it is about working close with the watch, but so they can look at what you are doing on your screen, they conceal passwords, —— they can see your passwords, —— they can see your passwords, so uber can see what you are doing as you type. uber said they are trying to remove it, that they are trying to remove it, that they will take that of their system, but maybe i knew because they were caught out. exactly. now that this has been exposed, maybe this will lead them internally to correct this. which presumably is what lay behind whoever made it public. they are not having a great month for pr, uber. that is why people maybe have more qualms about these names appearing in this headline. the daily mail, wealthy exploiting a help to buy scheme, this is where you can try to get onto the property ladder, secure a mortgage in a

market which is pretty overheated. it is not helping first—time buyers at all. the statistics said 57% of those who used to help to buy could have afforded a house anyway. the scheme was meant to help young people who could not afford a home, but it is not even helping those people, driving house prices up and it is doing the opposite of what the policy should be. this was one of the great policies of george osborne, and unfortunately the problems with it are now coming home to roost under theresa may. this story really started before the election and was bobbing about a bit. the daily mail are quite right to come back and expose it, because this is distorting the housing market, forcing prices up, and maybe

not really helping the people it is meant to help. if it is for first—time buyers, and i don't know enough about it... but if you are a first—time buyer, are you meant to earn below a certain amount of money? if you don't have the deposit to get on, the idea is you get help to get on, the idea is you get help to have a deposit, but people are taking that without being first—time buyers, over 5000 people used to help to buy who earn over £100,000, you don't need help for deposit if you don't need help for deposit if you are earning over £100,000.|j don't know about that, it depends where you are trying to buy. and other factors. nevertheless, where you are trying to buy. and otherfactors. nevertheless, it seems that there are problems with the scheme, in terms of who is receiving the loans from the government, and also the bigger effect it has on the housing market, boosting demand, but clearly isn't having any effect on supply. boosting demand, but clearly isn't having any effect on supplylj

boosting demand, but clearly isn't having any effect on supply. i will try to relate to you what rachel has said in my day, people in england trying to buy a house with a 5% deposit you build property —— you build property with a 5% deposit, can take out a 20% loan or 40% in london. it is like broadcast news, this is not normally how we do things before you start to wonder. thank you, rachel. finally, the daily mail, page four. the military with a £50 million hurricane relief bill. our military went to help because of hurricane irma so how have they been left with this bill question not it —— with this bill?

it is something to do with the accounting. under international, some of those islands are too rich, so we some of those islands are too rich, so we can't count be money we are giving as part of the money spent on international aid, so it has to come out of the mod‘s budget and not the other budget, which means... the navy is already complaining about a shortfall in responding, and now difid's shortfall in responding, and now difid‘s complaints about where the aid goes, and priti patel has been ignored, apparently. £13 billion in the foreign aid budget, and me while the foreign aid budget, and me while the navy thinking they might have to get rid of a couple of their vessels. —— meanwhile. get rid of a couple of their vessels. -- meanwhile. it seems strange, difid can't spend their money on what they want because of international rules, we are one of the few countries that has committed to spend 0.7% on aid, which is right, so it is strange we are being

from doing it, as one of the few countries that has met that un target. no doubt we will hear more about that, and there will be defence chiefs speaking about the concerns they have about our ability to defend ourselves and do work overseas. that is it for tonight. lovely to see you. coming up next, we have the weather. two days of sunshine and now the weather is changing we have seen cloud spilling down from the north west, high cloud moving into england and wales, which is the reason we had some spectacular sunsets. we have these fronts bringing down rain, pushing its way into the

south—east. this points to a mild night, compared to last night, with loads of 9-10, compared to last night, with loads of 9—10, and looking ahead to the weekend we can expect a good deal of cloud this weekend and also patchy rain. especially on saturday, it should be bright on sunday, maybe more sunshine around. we start the day with damp and dreary weather, across the southern half of england, during saturday, the more persistent rain still affecting the far south—west, but the rain clears away from wales, and it might brighten up for a while. already a few showers following behind. and wet start for northern parts of northern ireland and showers in scotland, some of those could be heavy earlier in the day. as we run through the day, showers in scotland and northern ireland will become fewer and lighter, should brighten up with sunshine for scotland. this line of rain moving south, in the channel does not move much, affecting the

far south—west, but as it brightens up far south—west, but as it brightens up across far south—west, but as it brightens up across south wales and central southern england it gets a bit warmer. those temperatures not bad for this time of year. this is the main weather front in the south, quite a cloudy as claim following on, even around the top of this flat area of high pressure. the winds on sunday when the as strong, light for the most part, brighter skies, still a few nuisance showers running in on the westerly north—westerly breeze, most of them in western scotland and the temperatures very similar on sunday to saturday. next week, everything coming in from the atlantic, and things will gather and move a bit more quickly by the time you get to tuesday, because the wind is going to be picking up. the weather fronts more effective, is going to be picking up. the weatherfronts more effective, this is where we will see most of the rain, and in the south—east it should be largely dry. this is bbc news. the headlines. the

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