morning. we begin with arab news and the city of kirkuk in northern iraq ‘s right across the front page, where the iraqi army has seized control from kurdish forces. iraqi troops launched their military operation in response to the kurds voting for independence in last month's referendum. thousands of people have now fled the city. in the gulf news, millions of women across the world have been sharing their experiences of sexual harassment in an online campaign using the hashtag #met00. the social media trend comes in reaction to sexual abuse allegations against film mogul harvey weinstein. the independent says financial firms will pull the trigger on "irreversible" brexitjob relocations next year unless the uk government agree a transit deal very soon. the guardian financial pages look at the rise of artificial intelligence and say one in five uk jobs are expected to be automated by 2030 as robots become increasingly relied upon. and finally on the front

of the times is a picture of the houses of parliament basking underneath an eerie orange and yellow glow after hurricane ophelia brought dust from the sahara and debris from wildfires in spain and portugal to britain. that is all over the front pages. lots of different photographs. very special. street lights on at three o'clock in the afternoon. i went for a run. it was like end is near. it was a bit biblical. with me is hussein kanji, co—founder of venture capital fund hoxton ventures. where hoxton ventures. were you when it was happening yesterday where were you when it was happening yesterday afternoon? in the office, watching it is all glass. you get a great view in the city of london.

let's start with the autonomous region of hercog. deeply troubled because any think that it may lead to the actual breakup of modern—day iraq. the kurds have struggled so long for some full independence. what do you make of the fact that iraqi tricks —— troops and their militias managed to get in without a fight. it looks like some sort of deal was struck between these two competing factions full. the arab news is specifically reporting that they have kind of defected in a loud —— and allow the military to come in and take over. the question is this always happen in kurdistan. both these factions have their own passionate or fighters. it is worth noting the former iraqi president died a few weeks ago. he was pro the

government in bad. other faction is pushing independence, which they have long wanted, but neighbouring countries are against. specifically turkey, because has a chain reaction of the whole region. if one of the kurdish groups get independence, spills over. when you think back when saddam hussein was in power, it was described as ethnic cleansing, just putting people in and anti— kurdish independence. let's move on to golf news which also has a story on its front page of that in the middle east. it has the story which we have highlighted. millions share ex— variances of sex abuse in #metoo campaign. this was started by alyssa milano on sunday.

she asked people to say #metoo if you have been affected by this. if this is something you have experienced as a woman. it is kind of, as we said yesterday, whole harvey once been story is just rippling across many industries, it is going global. i think this is the power of social media. she sees the story, put something on her twitterfeed and get tagged and commented and it has gone viral, it is all over my facebook feed. the roots of this all started in the tech industry with rumourand a cup started in the tech industry with rumour and a cup of capitalfirms. the expose came out about harvey. it will have more castigating problem. and every industry seems to have been contaminated by this. even broadcasting and newspapers, in particular. i wonder what difference this is going to make? are you

already detecting signs that perhaps there is this wave of social change with people changing attitudes, not just saying, that isjust something you have to accept. but i do if it is people changing attitudes as much as people saying this is not acceptable behaviour. that is becoming the norm. that is a big difference this time around. it is not a few incidences. how many comments she got, 7 million facebook things. it is lot of people coming up things. it is lot of people coming up and saying this is not acceptable. seeing a lot of men commenting and saying, i don't know how to engage, i don't know how to stop this, but i clearly need to participate will stop i think you are right about social media, the power of social media in this case in trying to combat it. it is giving everybody a voice no matter who they are, how low down they may be in bed organisation in which they work, they have the power to tweet, to post on facebook, to do that kind of thing in terms of

communication. and that makes it different this time, doesn't it, compared to previous occasions when this has come up before. this feels a groundswell of support from the bottoms up, and that is the way you change society. let's move on to the independent here. city to lose jobs abroad in this transition agreed on brexit. brexit warns lobby group. when brexit warns lobby group. when brexit was first announced after the votes here, a lot of firms said they would be leaving, all would have too. the government at the time said not. with his paralysis at the moment in terms of these talks, we are on the fifth round? still nothing moving. uncertainty, uncertainty will lead to the departure, do you think? uncertainty kills businesses. we can deal with one or the other, even if one is bad, you can demand for it. i don't think anyone knows what will

happen with this. we just have no idea what's going to happen. i think eve ryo ne idea what's going to happen. i think everyone is setting up shop now. the danger with that is once you start setting up shop somewhere, the wheels are in motion. i think goldman, morgan have opened up offices in frankfurt, expanded their offices,. in terms of your business, what have you seen change since brexit? the biggest impact is a lot of the money in our industry comes from the european investment fund, and they decided at the end of may that they no longer wanted to participate in the uk and they have come up with a cover story for this saying it takes a lot more time and energy to figure it out, but in reality, they have pulled out. the uk government is stepping in to fill the hole. what are we looking at? uk government has put £400 million and there is a call for it to put £900 million. the european investment fundsis million. the european investment funds is about 30 to 40% of our capital across the industry. most of the industry in europe is here in

london. so we don't know what is going to happen. we legitimately don't know. that is a real worry. let's have a look at the story about one in every five uk jobs could be you automated by 2030. this is hot on the heels of a report out last week, we looked at a similar statistic for the us and we spoke tojim yong king about the president of the world bank. they have come up with a educational training programme for us to change and react to this. i think this happens a lot faster than people anticipate. before people understand the ramifications of this. this report specifically said it would happen in warehouse and manufacturing. iwill see said it would happen in warehouse and manufacturing. i will see it in transportation and retail. and banking. and mortgages. that has already been trialled by some big banks at the moment —— moment. and that is the problem. it becomes tens of thousands as the post of hundreds. and it happens very quickly. at some point, the

technology kicks in, and when it is good, within a year, everybody start adopting it. then thesejobs go away. these have castigating problems on unemployment. if you look at technology in the past, it has always led to other people developing better skills and achieving more. but might that be the case now? so many physicaljobs are going to be taken out. i think every single time there has been one of these technology revolutions, it impacts people, the long—term prospect is always very good. societies tend to get better and healthier and there is a massive boom. but the short term... maybe not the venture capital business. maybe not. you can tell we are not robots. can you? i feel a bit robotic this morning. very early start. rarely obvious. we are human. well, it's certainly been a very dramatic period on the weather front and the remnants of hurricane ophelia

still barrelling across the uk. but the worst of the winds affected the south of ireland. our friends there experienced winds gusting up to nearly 100 miles an hour, but even here in the uk, we had winds in excess of 70, 80 and even 90 mph. here's the ex—hurricane, what's left over. still very powerful winds. the core of that storm with some of the gale—force winds blowing through the irish sea will still be moving across northern ireland, scotland and northern england during the course of tuesday morning. that nasty low pressure is still with us over the next few hours before it pulls out into the north sea and eventually the remnants of that into norway. so travel disruption is still very much a possibility first thing on tuesday morning. bear in mind, particularly around the pennines, the north—east of england through the lowlands of scotland, we could get gusts of around 60 or 70 mph. there will be some rain around. this is the scene around 5am. to the south, a different story, winds are much, much lighter.

this is where the severe gales are going to be. through the morning, very quickly those winds also easing there in northern ireland. for most of us, in terms of the weather overall, it's actually not a bad day. certainly by the time we get to the afternoon, just a scattering of showers here and there. wales and the midlands getting some sunshine. hazy sunshine in east anglia and the south—east and we still have some rain. this little rogue weather front may bring some rain towards cornwall, devon and the west country. that will push northwards. some of us mid—week will have some rain, from wales to northern england, the east coast to the north—west. to the south, maybe just a couple of showers. i think on balance, be prepared for a wettish day in the north of the country on wednesday. still mild in the south mid—week. 18 degrees in london. fresher there in the north of the country. the summery, stormy start first thing on tuesday and then quieter mid—week, and then it

could turn stormy again. a reminder of some of those spectacular orange skies we have seen across the uk thanks to hurricane ophelia drawing up some smoke particles from spain and portugal, from the wildfires there. also, we've had some saharan dust in the atmosphere as well. here's a picture of the bbc as well, earlier on. bye— bye. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. a drop in house prices in large parts of england and wales over the last ten years. analysis for the bbc of eight million house sales shows that average values in northern areas have declined by more than ten% — only areas in the south and east of england saw rises.

these findings contradict national figures which suggest house prices are going up — i'm in bradford to find out why a growing number of people in towns like this could end up losing money if they sell their homes. good morning, it's tuesday, the 17th of october. also this morning — the charity childline says a record number of children are turning to it