now it's time for our news review. we begin with el pais which is reporting on the declaration and subsequent suspension of independence by catalonia's president caries puigdemont. let's look at some other stories out there. the arab news is leading with britain reaffirming its commitment to the iran nuclear deal, in direct contrast to the position of the united states. city am says british prime minister theresa may has been dodging the question of whether she would vote for brexit if the referendum were to be held now. the guardian has a warning from the international monetary fund that the global economy's recent recovery may not last. of course, the imf and world bank are having their meetings at the end of the week in washington. the gulf news carries the spat between us president donald trump and his secretary of state rex tillerson — with trump suggesting the pair face off in an iq test. and finally, back to

the guardian, which is also running with new advice on british eggs. vulnerable groups such as pregnant women or the elderly will no longer have to soldier on without soft boiled eggs as they've been declared safe for everyone. isn't that lovely. we will focus on that in a minute. but let's begin. with us this morning is liam booth—smith who is the chief executive of independent think tank, localis. let's start with ca rles let's start with carles puigdemont. a difficult position to be put into. greeted this huge, euphoric moment of saying i declare independence, vincent duport that all back again. yes, andl vincent duport that all back again. yes, and i think he will suffer that. -- then pull it all back again. want to declare independence, you have to follow through. we only get stories in 32nd, one minute newsclips. but this was not a

sanction vote, not constitutional. we don't know how secure the voting was. it was not independently verified. despite him paying a political price for this, it is probably the right thing for him to do to draw back from this, because it gives time and space for the spanish government to have a serious discussion with the separatist movement. but he did not have a lot of support, dirty? banks and businesses were out, so when you go from there? —— support, did he? he will now have to deal with the fallout from the rest of the country and government in madrid, and also finding a way to give confidence back to local business community and institutions in catalonia. —— the local business. of course we saw the pictures of the police reaction, and that had everybody shocked and aghast at the reaction when people try to vote. since then, and since

the dip dramatically was that has been going on, all under monadic as it may be. reading has changed. —— undiplomatic lee. —— undiplomatic language. they have realised the reality that all, after the euphoric moment when people were making their choice. first thing to note about any import negotiation is always to give the other side a way out. i think carles puigdemont has found a way of giving the spanish governor the way out. let's said that they ta ke the way out. let's said that they take it. yes, well the first reaction seemed he said jess that they were not that interested. —— seem to suggest that they were not that interested. the arab news reporting on the commitment to the iranian deal. but most of the

cabinet seem to be setting of the donald trump, to, though they? this deal is better than no deal, which is in sharp contrast to what we have heard. this is also, in the story of itself, relatively low risk as a move for the uk to take, as it pertains to us britain relations. move for the uk to take, as it pertains to us britain relationsm is clear interesting, actually, because '5 readiness, and was talking about, so, she has had a conversation with donald trump on tuesday. on monday, she had a phone call with benjamin netanyahu from israel. and of course with everything is going on here, it would theresa may's major speech in parliament on monday art and, following the conference last week, i was getting this snapshot of the world can right now. and it is pretty hectic, is that? —— monday afternoon. quite interesting, you

know. but even on monday, donald trump on tuesday, it is interesting. and now we go on to this are the story that is the papers. yes, and this will be covered lots of different newspapers at that theresa may's noncommittal response to the question, if the referendum was held again, which she vote leave. she entered hypothetically, which is earning was the right thing to do. the problem is this is not set in the modern world. —— which i think was the right thing to do. this is a story because of two things. the first is that last night, onto several occasions, damian green said, twice, that he would, if it was held again, vote to remain. the other was when it was asked, he said brexit would make the world worse.

the second bit burping makes us a story is that early this year, the premise was quoted as saying if you don't believe in brexit, you can't deliver it. i think that was back in may orjune. you cannot set a standard and not deliver. that is the problem, isn't it? the opposition seizes and says it is outrageous, you can't possibly take us outrageous, you can't possibly take us through brexit it is not suddenly you believe in. and yet, in many ways, you can, can't you? ok, orshe has poisoned and petard, but why not? you just need to do your own deal. —— western horizon.|j not? you just need to do your own deal. -- western horizon. i do really have a problem with her answering the question directly. —— hoisted her own. but it does have merit, possibly, given previous comments. just briefly, at the conference, everybody was having a jab, left right and centre theresa

may. she might have thought it might all quietened down a little bit. but it never will, will it? no, not until she leaves number ten. i think this will keep dripping. that italy since the election. there has not been any sense of unity around the eu issue, and i can't see that changing. and this spat between rex tillerson and donald trump, and an iq test. apparently, he has not confirmed or denied calling the president a moron. confirmed or denied calling the presidenta moron. in confirmed or denied calling the president a moron. in his natural bombastic way donald trump has insisted they have an iq test competition. i say we should do it on global media. mentor apparently have offered to officiate. there is now a middle man in place. —— mensa. what i think is interesting about this is donald trump could havejust called this by saying there is no problem, there is no ongoing spat.

we can even have an iq test, it very funny, but could not stop himself until he had to say at the end, you know who would win. that is donald trump will either. his dictionary. he is changed so many ways in which we reflect on these things. but can see supporters, again, saying he does as the season. he says i have a great relationship with rex tillerson, but a couple of things, he is weak on. he started out, says that he thinks. he gets points for it. -- that he thinks. he gets points for it. —— he sets it out. he needs to deliver some of his promises, but a pa rt deliver some of his promises, but a part of me quite impressively thinks he could possibly eke out the next four years just banging the he could possibly eke out the next four yearsjust banging the drum. now finally, we should have an ok, runny egg for breakfast. now finally, we should have an ok, runny egg for breakfastlj disappointed. runny egg for breakfast.” disappointed. i'm probably the only one that is older than...

disappointed. i'm probably the only one that is older than. .. if you are pregnant are elderly, you could have a runny egg, anyway. did you know that you were not meant to have a runny egg? when you are in entered. you know if you have been pregnant, you are not meant to. there is a long list of stuff you cannot eat. you remember go to work on an egg? you remember go to work on an egg? you would not. no, neither of us rememberthat, you would not. no, neither of us remember that, david.” you would not. no, neither of us remember that, david. ijust forgot that, again. there was apparently a big public health campaign in the uk just a few years ago. work on a neck. many moons ago. go to work on a neck. they give the company. —— an egg. hello there. we have a wet wednesday on the cards for some western parts of the british isles. some heavy rain, some strong winds, as well, courtesy of a slow—moving weatherfront, an area of low pressure drifting to the north—west of the british isles.

this front here really dragging its heels, as it pushes its way south and east. so in some places it will rain for pretty much all day long. now, down to the south—west of england, could be some patchy rainfirst thing. but a lot of dry weather at 8:00am in the morning, and that dry theme extends further east, as well. certainly across south—east england and east anglia we'll see some spells of sunshine. fairly large areas of cloud floating around, as well. temperatures around 14 degrees. similar story for the midlands. north—east england getting off to a mainly dry start, particularly close to the east coast. similar story for northern scotland, although some hefty showers will be packing in here. south—west scotland having a wet start. pretty miserable rush hour in glasgow. rain moving across northern ireland for a time, but the wettest weather will be across north wales and the north—west of england. and here, with a south—westerly wind just funnelling this rain in across the same places for hour upon hour upon hour, especially over high ground, could see 50mm to 80mm of rain, maybe 100mm or more for some of the hills of cumbria. could be enough to give some issues with localised flooding, and the winds will be strong —

could be gales in exposed spots. so our band of rain only slowly moving southwards and eastwards. behind it, something brighter for scotland and northern ireland, but some hefty showers, too. staying largely dry down towards the south—east, but often fairly cloudy, and temperatures 01:14 to 17 degrees. but our slow—moving weather front finally gets its act together during wednesday night, pushing off to the east. and, behind it, it'll leave largely clear skies. could be the odd fog patch here and there, and particularly in the south, where the winds fall light, it could turn a little bit chilly. some spots in the countryside maybe down to four or five degrees. thursday, then, a decent day. certainly a drier day for north—east england and north wales. many of us fine, with some spells of sunshine. thicker cloud, though, for northern ireland and northern and western scotland. some outbreaks of rain here later — 12—17 degrees. that cloud in the north—west will then sink its way into the picture on friday. another band of heavy rain, this one also quite slow—moving. the further south you are, though, particularly if you get some

sunshine, your temperatures could get up to 20 degrees. a sign of what is to come for the weekend — warm air wafting up from the south. and, if the sun does come out, we could get to 23 degrees. but it will always be cooler, with some rain, towards the north—west. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and naga munchetty. the spanish government will hold an emergency meeting this morning, after catalonia's president signed a declaration of independence. he says he will delay breaking away from spain so that talks can be held, but the madrid government has rejected negotiations. good morning, it is wednesday 11 october. also this morning: angelina jolie and gwyneth paltrowjoin the growing list of women accusing the hollywood producer harvey weinstein of sexual harassment.

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