now it is time for our newspaper review. what is making headlines around the world 7 the digital front page of spanish paper el pais is leading with the catalan independence push. spain's senate is expected to curtail the region's autonomous powers from today. the sydney morning herald is following the high court of australia's ruling that the election of five members of parliament was invalid because they held dual citizenships at the time of their election, which is against the constitution. deputy prime minister barnabyjoyce was among the ousted. saudi arabia's bid for a future beyond oil reached fever pitch this week at a major investment conference, but the new york times asks if much meaningful progress has been made to diversify the kingdom's economy. in the independent, twitter announces it is banning two of russia's biggest media outlets from buying advertising, amid fears they attempted to intervene in the 2016 us election. and finally, on the bbc‘s website, a story with a lot of heart. new research finds open—heart surgery is safer in the afternoons,

because the heart is stronger later in the day. so let's begin. i think that is an important story for us all to read. let's chat through all of these. with me is amrita sen, chief oil analyst at energy aspects. wonderful to see you, many thanks for coming in. let's start with el pais. deadline day coming up with regards to this catalonian crisis. what do you make of it all? today is such an important day, because the parliament in barcelona will vote whether to go for independence, and in madrid they will vote whether to trigger 155, because that will take powers, finances, police, media from

catalonia. it is going to be intense. i think the key is they are trying, some parts of both parties are trying to as your there is dialogue, but there has still been resista nce dialogue, but there has still been resistance from both sides of that —— trying to ensure. resistance from both sides of that -- trying to ensure. both sides are intransigent. one way to solve it might have been regional elections, but it looks like that is off the table at the moment. as of right now they are saying they are not going to call re—elections, because they are saying they don't have the justification to call legislative elections right now, but there has to bea elections right now, but there has to be a way forward, because otherwise everything is going to be com pletely otherwise everything is going to be completely deadlocked for the foreseeable future. i just wonder what kind of backlash there would be if madrid pushed ahead with this unprecedented step of taking control of this self—governing region. we could see huge protests. and significant violence, we have already seen huge protests because madrid will control everything from their police to the media, which

will be quite significant, because the people who are protesting will lose their voice as well.|j the people who are protesting will lose their voice as well. i think today could be a very important day in the development of this story. let's move on to another dramatic story. the sydney morning herald. the story in this paper has actually moved on since it went to print, because the high court in australia has now ruled that the country's deputy prime minister is ineligible to sit in parliament because he held dual citizenship when he ran for election. this section 44 drama is unprecedented in the country. election. this section 44 drama is unprecedented in the countrym election. this section 44 drama is unprecedented in the country. it is, allegedly, and on all the radios this morning, they are saying that many australians themselves are just not aware of section a0 four. but of course, including the deputy prime minister, they claim that they won't even aware that he had dual citizenship during the time of the election. but of course, the high court says ignorance is not an excuse. but yes, it is notjust him, there are five others, or four

others, a total of five, who has been affected by this. and just to been affected by this. and just to be clear, section aa is this law in australia which means that if you hold dual citizenship you cannot be elected to parliament. but it has really thrown the whole political system into turmoil, hasn't it? and assuming everyone is telling the truth, the fact that they say that they weren't even aware of it because they hadn't gone through section aa, it means you have to have by—elections to actually find people. because like you said earlier, the government has just lost its majority in the lower house of parliament. one of the quirks of this whole situation is that the constitution was written before there was such a thing as australian citizenship, which is why some of them say they have fallen foul of it. and speaking to one of our collea g u es it. and speaking to one of our colleagues who is from australia, he was saying the only way to change the constitution is to put it to a referendum, but having recently declined to hold a referendum on same—sex marriage, there could be a

backlash saying why hold a referendum now when you didn't want to rece ntly 7 referendum now when you didn't want to recently? and australia is not very good at referendums to begin with. i suppose that depends on the outcome you want. 0n the front cover of the new york times today, saudi arabia rolling out this plan for a future beyond oil, trying to move away from petro economics, from being so reliant on the oil price, which as we all know has not been doing so brilliantly over the past few months, years, et cetera. yes, i mean, this is part of the crown prince's vision beyond 2030. when he was the deputy crown prince, it was about diversification, and this that he was talking about yesterday was about particular cities which will be powered by solar energy and robots. i thought that was a fun bit. there are things that mohammad bin salman al saud has been doing

right from when he came to power, in terms of trying to make the society a bit more modern. recently they allowed women to drive. so again, these are steps that he has been taking but i agree with the new york times' take in terms of how much has been done in terms of trying to win the economy of oil, because 95% of its revenue still comes from oil. that's the thing, isn't it? because you can have social change, and i am sure there will be many campaigns and many activists, but there has been this era of cheap oil and they haven't reduce their reliance on petrol money, have they? they are starting to remove subsidies on petrol and diesel but it has taken time. the government has cut subsidies, and the interesting thing is to win themselves off world they need higher oil prices today to ensure they can divert their funds towards the non— oil sector. but because government finances have fallen so sharply... but they are

trying to reduce investment. what do you think it will mean for them, if anything? well, it has not been smooth sailing, it is only 5% for aramco. and once you do the ipo, that has been a bone of contention so that has been a bone of contention so they will list domestically. i don't think it changes much but it will increase transparency and efficiency. so if they can get through it will be great, but the only thing i will say is they had a vision 2005 and a vision 2020, and they are not close to that. this all feeds into this debate for twitter. how will it increase revenue? that will come through advertising, and at the same time it has had to become more selective in terms of who it attract advertising from. and

i think this is true of broader social media, because facebook did a thing of banning websites which do a lot of fake news from advertising as well. and i think generally there has been a call on social media to become more transparent, and twitter in particular have said we haven't taken this decision lightly. it is to do with the fact that they think both russia today and sputnik speak for the kremlin. i think there is a big call for transparency right now. moving on to this story on the bbc news website about heart surgery. a p pa re ntly news website about heart surgery. apparently safer in the afternoon. really? that is what i am told. this is the only piece of news that was news to me. i guess the doctors are going to be busier in the afternoons than the mornings. i wonder if it applies to other sections of, you know, i don't know... they say it is down to the body clock. 0ur natural circadian rhythms, and this is why it means we are less likely if we

are undergoing heart surgery, that the heart is in a stronger, better placed to deal with surgery in the afternoon, just the way the body naturally works. i thought it might be about scheduling or rotors in hospitals, but it is not, it is very much biological, isn't it? —— rotas. i was going to say, you guys wake up so i was going to say, you guys wake up so early that by the afternoon you are so early that by the afternoon you a re pretty so early that by the afternoon you are pretty much done with your day. that is generous, by nine a.m.!m might be a caveat, night—time workers, this might vary for you. thank you for coming and looking through the papers with us. that's all from ben and i, many thanks for watching. well, friday is looking beautiful and sunny across most of the uk — how about that! at least that's the forecast. the morning might be a little cloudy and misty in some areas, particularly across the south of the uk but by the time we get to the second

half of the morning, and certainly lunchtime, it really will be a case of a beautiful autumn day across the country. we had a lot of cloud and drizzle earlier on, but now that has pushed out of the way, it is moving further east and south. this high pressure is building. it is squeezing out that weather front which will be hello. this is breakfast with steph mcgovern and naga munchetty. the cyber attack which left thousands of hospital appointments cancelled. a damning report reveals the nhs could have prevented it. basic security measures hadn't been put in place. now nhs trusts are told to get their act together to deal with future threats. good morning. it's friday 27th october. also this morning. conspiracy theories deepen after hundreds of files relating to the assassination of president kennedy remain secret following demands by us security services. tensions rise in catalonia.

the spanish government is expected to impose direct rule from madrid later today.