to apologise after releasing a series of adverts that have been branded racist in a backlash on social media. the ft carries a warning from outgoing german finance chief wolfgang schauble who says spiralling levels of global debt and liquidity present a major risk to the world economy. and finally, the times is crowing about a new anti—litter plan which involves training birds to put their beaks to good use in this case collecting cigarette butts from city streets. with me isjonathan charles who's the managing director of communications, european bank for reconstruction and development. nice to see you. we have been talking about this for the last hour. catalonia. frontpage in the

figaro and other newspapers. thousands in the street. some people saying 300,000, some saying 900,000. the people describing themselves as the silent majority, the people who wa nt the silent majority, the people who want to stay in spain. at this crucial moment, possibly 24 hours away from it ——a declaration of independence. it may not be a 50— 50 split, but on the other hand, you can tell there is quite a fracture. evenif can tell there is quite a fracture. even if it is 40% in favour of leaving, that will cause serious issues. in the financialtimes, wolfgang schauble makes an important point that the damage done by even a declaration of independence is damaging and even worse than brexit

if it does go through. it could cause major economic damage. what is the best case scenario. we have all been assessing the worse—case scenario for about a week now. been assessing the worse—case scenario for about a week nowm been assessing the worse—case scenario for about a week now. it is about compromise. repression of independence feeling does no good at all. the united kingdom have seen it three years. here we are seeing position is hardly because of the tough line taken by madrid. it might be better to find some compromise. are there things they can be given to catalonia. more devolution. what about fiscal independence, that is a problem because the rest of spain relies on catalonia. if you give more powers, bought devolution, you will have the basket country, where we have had violence in the past

where you could see violence. —— basque. shall we do gulf news. us toughening the law. president trump was campaigning very hard during the election campaign against iran, saying the steel was the worst deal ever, i think was the phrase and thenit ever, i think was the phrase and then it went quite quiet and now he seems to be accepting there is nothing to do about it. the headline in the gulf news is to leave the agreement intact. that is probably quite wise... but it is not his decision. congress are heavily involved in this. this is notjust america, the european union sat through many negotiations back in the 2000 is. it was heavily engaged

and it does not want this to end. shift into and given what president trump was saying in his speech in the un. do you remember the reaction from the iranian president! publicly and then the reality of life and reality tends to come through. he did say he was going to do all sorts of things about this. what does he have to tweet to keep people on side. so sad, ithink is have to tweet to keep people on side. so sad, i think is what he will say. what you say and what you do, well, we see it all the time in politics, are two very different things. what is the alternative to this deal? it is important to keep iran on—board this deal took years and years to negotiate at it could be damaging and destabilising if you

change it. it is better to have stability. this is an ad campaign that has gone horribly wrong for dove. i am sure the reaction to it is not what they were intending at all. it has that fayed. —— backfired. once you see these ad, you see a black woman turning into a white woman and then an asian woman. some people have taken it as whitening your skin colour. i suspect that in 30 seconds and you cannot get over very complicated ideas and maybe the ad company were too ambitious and should have tested this further. they were trying to celebrate difference and it has done the opposite. that is racism when

you show skin whitening and you cannot expect people to get a complex idea in a short period. especially if you had problems before, as dove has had. you often see companies trying to be clever in these sort of area and they have run afoul of a very sensitive area to a lot of people. everybody is descending on washington. a big jamboree with the world bank. timing is everything for wolfgang schauble. saying that debt, liquidity levels are real problem. he's a moving out of hisjob, in that are real problem. he's a moving out of his job, in that position a long time. i think he is quite right. he is speaking ahead of his last meeting. i think he has been a good

finance minister. a rock of stability. he is pointing out that in the end, there is too much cheap money around. what happens when you have cheap money it goes into investments which may not be that sound and, as interest rates go up, you see who has been swimming without their swimmers. is it pointing the finger at the european central bank? he is pointed the finger at central bank? he is pointed the fingerata central bank? he is pointed the finger at a lot of people, including investment banks. they still want to make money and give loans and maybe they have been giving too many. that is what banks do! listen, in the end, it is a typical wolfgang schauble interview. he is quite a spiky character. i was a europe

correspondent on the night here was shot. i remember it very well. he is a tough character, a good finance ministerand, as he moves a tough character, a good finance minister and, as he moves on to anotherjob, minister and, as he moves on to another job, can germany minister and, as he moves on to anotherjob, can germany find someone anotherjob, can germany find someone just as good. crows may be useful at picking up litter.m sounds like an alfred hitchcock movie. the power of industrial design from amsterdam said they could award the bird with food every time they pick up a cigarette butt. these could be trained, who apparently are some of the brighter birds... the brighter birds swoop in and get your pasties! they might go straight for the packet of cigarettes. maybe we could reward women with food if they pick up

their own litter. it will become the butt of everybody‘s jack. .. their own litter. it will become the butt of everybody‘s jack... —— joke. they are known for ingenuity. i will believe it went icy it. we have had eagles all —— or hawks trying to get birds... we will see you very soon. bye— bye. hello, once again the weekend has been marked by relatively benign conditions for most areas. and at its best we saw decent spells of sunshine boosting the temperatures to around

about 17 or 18 degrees. but there's no escaping the fact that, in some spots, there was quite a bit of cloud around as well. and for some the odd bit and piece of rain. that's pretty much how we start the new day on monday. not a shock to the system as you step out — temperatures for the most part in double figures. a lot of cloud around. probably at its thickest perhaps across parts of scotland. weak weather fronts here, just dragging cloud and rain, from west to east to many areas. northern ireland perhaps a little bit drier, just a fraction brighter. certainly as we come south of the border, the greater part of england and wales is dry. bright at best, probably, maybe the odd hint of sunshine. that won't be the case across parts of the far south of wales and south—west england. the air is moister here, the cloud sitting very low in the atmosphere, and there could be some drizzly rain on breeze as well. i'm hopeful that that situation will improve as the day really gets going. i think brighter skies too, eventually, getting into parts of wales, the north of england and certainly for scotland, after that rather dismal start. northern ireland, i have not forgotten you, it's just that

you started off quite bright and then the cloud fills in, with rain into many areas by around about teatime and early evening and that is exactly the moment at which wales and the republic of ireland will clash horns in a crucial world cup qualifying match, in wales. overnight, there will be quite a bit of rain across the northern half of britain. that same weather front though, as it moves into the southern half of britain, is not much more than a band of cloud, with the odd spot of rain, perhaps. brighter skies follow on behind, though no too many isobars there. so that turns out to be a decent afternoon for many spots, save for this north—western quarter, where we are seeing the first signs of a wet night and a pretty wet and windy day too, as these weather fronts pile in from the atlantic. some heavy rain on the western hills of scotland, across the cumbrian fells, top end of the pennines, eventually down into the welsh mountains. ahead of it, the cloud just fills in but you stay dry for the greater part of the day. behind it, things begin to improve. certainly dries out and that is the shape of things to come,

for many of us through thursday. still a little bit breezy perhaps but a lot of dry weather around and some brightness as well. that all comes to us thanks to this albeit transient ridge of high pressure. because it's elbowed aside by the next set of weather fronts coming in from the atlantic. notice again, we have a number of isobars there so we finish the week, perhaps for many, with a combination of wet and windy weather.

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