of independence. powerful storms have swept across northern and central europe, killing at least six people and leaving hundreds of thousands without power. germany, poland and the czech republic have been hardest hit, with many areas flooded. lewis hamilton has clinched his fourth world title at the mexican grand prix — despite finishing only ninth after a clash with rival sebastian vettel. the win makes him the most successful british formula 1 driver in history. and markets on tenterhooks with president trump is expected to appoint the next federal reserve president trump is expected to appo in the next federal reserve president trump is expected to appo in the next few eral reserve president trump is expected to appo in the next few days. eserve president trump is expected to appo in the next few days. janete chair in the next few days. janet yellen is the current chair and her term will expire in february. also on bbc on line, a story that is trending world line. saudi women to

be let into sports stadiums. this is just the latest move on the part of the relatively new leadership in saudi arabia. we will discuss this and a little bit of detail in a moment. now it's time to look at the stories making the headlines in media across the world with the financial times, which says today spain is facing a crucial test of its authority over catalonia. it comes as regional government ministries open under the direct control of madrid for the first time in a0 years. online for the washington post, a look at president trump's frustrations with the russia investigation as he demands more scrutiny of the democrats and hillary clinton. the president making his thoughts known over twitter. fox news with a different take. it says republicans want more answers from two top democrats, about the trump dossier money,

after they told senate investigators they had no knowledge of such payments. turning to the daily telegraph. british prime minister theresa may says she will sack any cabinet ministers proven to be a sex pest. the paper says a list of 13 accused mps has been circulated in westminster. making news in the gulf, saudi arabia announces plans to allow women into three sports stadiums for the first time. the kingdom has some of the world's tightest restrictions on women. and lastly, in the japan times, the new iphone allowing users to unlock their phone using facial recognition technology. could this open the door to misuse and having our lives more trackable? with me is alpesh patel, ceo of praefinium partners. witi ofe is alpesh patel,

witi of comments patel, witi of comments from , witi of comments from viewers about facial recognition. we will get to that later. let us talk about spain in catalonia. the financial times looking towards the first day of direct rule from madrid. michael bloomberg, form of mayor of new york said the stupidest think countries have ever done was collect the donald trump and brexit. what has that got to do with catalonia? he could have added the catalonian vote in spain was one of the stupidest things that has happened. you didn't. don't put words in his mouth. you have got a stable economy will relatively after all the problems with europe and the piigs economies, let us throw a spanner in the works. somebody who wants stability and doesn't want catalonian independence, one in genius thing the spanish prime minister did was call elections for

december. it removes the legs under the independence movement because they have to focus on siffésii ii if. sugg movement will not win. independence movement will not win. there was a poll done by el pais showing that the majority oppose independence. let us look at the twitter thai raid on the part of president trump. several tweets in minutes. all to do with possible russian collusion in the run—up to the presidential election. we have the presidential election. we have the washington post and fox news. we are looking at the fact that the media is divided. the media is divided in the same way that the united states is divided when it comes to president trump. president trump is always saying how good the

bbc is. that is news to me. fox news has said, what about the democrats? this so—called fake dossier on president trump. why are you not looking at them? there must be charges against this looking at them? there must be charges - against this russia charges brought against this russia collusion story which she says is fake. the thing is, mr president, hillary clinton isn't the president. you are. what is new is trying to divert, they are the media wing of the republican party. they don't get it. he is the president. what matters is what he might have been involved in, not what hillary clinton was involved in. everybody is keeping an eye on this. are you concerned in terms of managing people's money which you do for a living? could this have serious implications? the only thing the market cares about is janet yellen possibly, it doesn't care about

bombing north korea. we are immune to world disaster. the daily telegraph, theresa may will sack any sex pest ministers. this is following from jeremy corbyn‘s comments about the problem being inside westminster. this follows on from harvey weinstein, uber, #metoo, inside westminster. this follows on from harvey weinste to uber, #metoo, inside westminster. this follows on from harvey weinste to hear, #metoo, inside westminster. this follows on from harvey weinste to hear about too, but nobody surprised to hear about it in the corridors of westminster. it isa it in the corridors of westminster. it is a workplace. nobody has mentioned my industry, finance. it is a workplace. nobody has mentioned my industry, financem absolutely has. there was an interview with the bbc about finance. we normally get a good kicking. to her credit, this prime minister when she was home secretary, on the trafficking of women, she created a tsar to look into the protection of women. this doesn't go far enough. to just say

you are going to sack people, there needs to be more, it is a criminal offence. you have police investigations. you don't get the sack. it's not enough to put people off, these people, whether they are in westminster or anywhere else. off, these people, whether they are in westminster or anywhere elsem the meantime, saudi arabia, women are allowed the meantime, saudi arabia, women a re allowed into the meantime, saudi arabia, women are allowed into sports stadiums. family outings, which is a big shift. you wanted to talk about the big investment in saudi arabia. especially in this huge city which is being backed by all sorts. this massive conference, they want more investment, saudi arabia, women in stadiums, all good news. saudi wants to be seen as progressive, then stop having the blockade on western ballet —— western allies like qatar which are fighting terrorism. they need to do far more to stabilise the reason “— need to do far more to stabilise the reason —— the region. women in stadiums is mine at competitive

stability they are causing. japan times. view input requested. facial recognition. "i'm not open to it facial recognition idea. klaus in berlin, "facial facial recognition idea. klaus in berlin, " facial recognition facial recognition idea. klaus in berlin, "facial recognition is good but i'm concerned about privacy —— proceed." . from india, separate phones the business and personal to be more secure. all those sounds fine. you don't need to use facial recognition. it is not the key reason to get the iphone. you look at apple's share price going through the roof. a whole lot of other things. i'm surprised that apple have gone to that, given its behind what samsung has been doing and it doesn't even work. when you are about to get run over, you can't be doing that. it doesn't work. always a pleasure. next time you are in, we

will pick fewer stories. i talk too much we will dig a bit deep. lovely boy, but he talks too much. much we will dig a bit deep. lovely boy, but he talks too muchlj much we will dig a bit deep. lovely boy, but he talks too much. i was an awful boy, too quiet. we can't get through our lessons. that's it for this hour. but do stay with us for the next hour. and tomorrow, tuesday, we have inga beale — the ceo of lloyds of london joining us from 5am gmt so make sure you tune in to hear her thoughts on the breaking news and headlines of the day. thanks for watching the briefing from me, sally bundock, and the rest of the team, goodbye. hello again, good morning. this is the first widespread cold night of the season. it's been a very mild month so far. we've still got a few showers, actually, running down the north sea by the morning, hitting some

coastal areas of england. but otherwise, with the high pressure building in, it's led to clear skies, light winds, and temperatures have been falling away sharply — particularly in the countryside, where there'll be at least a grass frost, and perhaps in some areas an air frost, as well. either way, it's going to be a cold start in the morning. there'll be a lot of sunshine around, mind you. those showers around the wash, norfolk, perhaps suffolk, fading through the morning, and then we'll start to see some changes in the north—west. we're trying to get back into that atlantic air, and that means some weak weather fronts bringing more cloud into northern ireland and scotland, perhaps a little more rain to the north. but generally, most places will be dry into the afternoon. we'll probably see more cloud coming into northern england, it's quite high cloud, but it does mean it is quite chilly in the day across these areas. temperatures about 8—9 degrees or so. where we hang onto some sunshine across southern england, well, 11 or 12 degrees.

but it is here, with the clear skies, that there is a risk of a pinch of mfrost on monday night, particularly early on. it takes a little while for mild air to reach here, but mild air is on the way, and temperatures will be rising on tuesday. we've got this strengthening west to south—westerly wind, and that means a lot of cloud. we'll see some rain developing in scotland, some quite heavy rain over the hills in the west of scotland. but most of england and wales it'll be a fine day. still some sunshine in the south—east, and temperatures a little bit higher, at 13 or 1a degrees. high pressure that we've got building in the uk right now is going to be across central europe by tuesday and wednesday, these weather fronts coming around the top of that, bringing some more rain for the first day of november. and that rain again for scotland, especially in the west of scotland, maybe extending into northern ireland later. again, for england and wales, dry day, sunnier skies in the south—east pleasantly warm, and sunny for the time of year, and the winds will be light, too. the weather front weakened as it moves its way southwards. not much rain on thursday. across northern parts of the uk,

maybe a touch of grass frost in some areas. otherwise a generally dry day, and bright, with some sunshine. still the threat of some rain lingering across the channel and into southern england. coldest weather over the week ahead — probably right now. it will turn milder through tuesday and wednesday, with increasing cloud. and, as we've seen, not much rain away from the north—west. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and louise minchin. calls for action to tackle sexual harassment in westminster, after a series of allegations of inappropriate behaviour by mps. theresa may wants a new way of dealing with claims of misconduct and says all staff have to be protected. good morning.

it's monday, october 30. also this morning: commentator: lewis hamilton does it. lewis hamilton races into the record books by winning a fourth world title. good morning. i'm at the mercedes f1 headquarters, meeting the team that helped him sweep to victory.