as the president moves to stamp his mark on the world's most powerful bank. turning online to the spanish publication, el pais, a detailed look at what happens now to former premier of catalonia, carles puigdemont, if he's issued with a european arrest warrant while in brussels after refusing to appear in a spanish court. in the daily telegraph, here in the uk, this article speculates that british prime minister theresa may has given a "clear indication she is planning for her succession" after brexit, by promoting one of her closest allies gavin williamson to the cabinet. over to the new york times, and "the chef who fed puerto rico." jose andres arrived five days after hurricane maria and has now served more than two million meals — what's claimed to be the largest emergency feeding programme ever set up by a group of chefs. and finally to a top story online for gulf news, police in dubai are using footprint technology to catch criminals based on their walking style,

rotation of feet, and other markers. they're amongst the first police departments in the world to use the method. so let's begin. with me is iain anderson, founder of the international communications agency, cicero group. to see you back here again. good let's start with the story we all began to realise was coming to emerge, jerome powell. i saw one reflection on who he is, basically this is janet yellen without her?” think that is a fair comment. he is, interestingly, a lot of pick up this morning about the fact he isn't an economist. that may be a good thing. if you talk to economist, you get different opinions, but he is a balance, it seems, in terms of monetary policy, that to your point

means probably he will continue a similartrip to means probably he will continue a similar trip to read on fiscal tightening that we've seen from janet yellen. an interest rate rise here and there, perhaps one next month? i think that is right. in the uk, of course, in coming into this rule, just as the republicans are seeing a massive, massive tax cuts, mainly the business, $1.5 trillion stimulus over the next ten years or so, the question is will he want to pull levers or will he want to do the president's bidding and get the economy really improving and consumer feelgood by the time the next election comes around. there is a suggestion they will be around the same lines and as much as he would like to ease back on regulation against banks, give them a little bit more leeway for investing, but

had so farand bit more leeway for investing, but had so far and that of course would be presumably exactly what donald trump wants. this is what he talks about in his campaign about reducing about in his campaign about reducing a lot of the tighter regulation that president obama put in around the banks, let's see whether or not this former banker is going to deal with his friends. janet yellen and president trump, he was effusive in his praise by the end ofjanet yellen, that she is an obama appointee and i think people think thatis appointee and i think people think that is probably why he wants to move along, but so with gentlemen. yes, absolutely. a lot of us thought that janet yellen was a toast fairly early but actually, it looks like the president, and she, got on better than expected. but look at what will happen now to car which —— ca rles what will happen now to car which —— carles puigdemont, but he is in brussels, the point is being raised what on earth happened next to him and the prospect, i mean, in many ways, this is fascinating, the european arrest warrant to be issued

for him, who is in brussels, to be returned. if ever the eu is put on the spot, this is it. we haven't heard much from them and i be getting a sense that the eu is going to intervene in this at all. exactly as you say, i think today we expect in the spanish court to issue a european arrest warrant and the interesting thing is we go from here to these new elections are to taking place in catalonia in december? a european arrest warrant at its fastest, and puidgemont will fight this all of the way, his lawyer is clear, people remain in brussels and fight it all the way, it may take about two months to enact which is clearly enough after catalonia's elections so the idea of a government in exile, some of the previous government already now jailed, given what happened yesterday in spain, it is going to

colour this entire election campaign. but notjust colour it, are you saying perhaps this is the sort of need, amen fudge is a terrible word because this is divisive, but if it takes that long to get him back and there are elections and he can stand in elections, maybe there is a way through this? it will stand on an election via video conference because the minute he steps back into spain, i think it will be arrested. moving on to the new man in defence ministry of defence, gavin williamson, the daily telegraph takes an interesting approach here for more ——, he is a young, one of the most senior cabinet ministers much to the annoyance it seems quite a few senior tories. the message the telegraph is saying is this is part ofa telegraph is saying is this is part of a succession plan. i'm old enough to remember what margaret thatcher did withjohn to remember what margaret thatcher did with john major, to remember what margaret thatcher did withjohn major, do you remember? very few people had heard ofjohn major until he was suddenly made chancellor, he was really kind

of richard from having no real profile —— booted from having a kind of profile from being front and centre. most people looking at the paper this morning will ask who he is, the chief whip, that was the role he was undertaking and very much in those with instant shadows, he is now front and centre and there is an awful lot of tory mps who don't look happy. he will have to be squeaky clean, the telegraph is saying there could be another raft of conservative names they are saying here to come up in the what we call it, inappropriate behaviour scandal, the sexual harassment scandal, the sexual harassment scandal, call it what you will. the expectation is the stories of what has been going on in parliament, which, you know, is by any measure a com pletely which, you know, is by any measure a completely outrageous thing, if you're in the private or, not in parliament, and any of this is going on, you would be out of a job. parliament, and any of this is going

on, you would be out of ajob. only if people came forward so that is sort of, let's be honest, it doesn't matter what sector they are in, there are people to bring this sort of thing pretty much... and looking out, eclipsing the me in westminster is people now should be able and feel empowered to speak up. but as you are pointing to, i think there is more to come. but look at the new york times, to change tack a little bit, coming back to port aregger and my goodness they have been through a lot of this is a feature piece about the chef who fed or the ricoh, jose andreas who actually has done an incredible job andreas who actually has done an incrediblejob here. getting out there because he felt he should, and stepping in when he would say the authorities won't —— jose andres. this is a great reason to pick up a newspaper. right in the middle of the front page of one of the world's most important newspaper, a really happy, positive, feelgood story. this guy, you know, caught on a

plane and, as you say, he has fed about 2.5 million meals and a population of about 3.4 million people, he has got two more people than the red cross and the salvation army it seems. i mean, it is an amazing thing. the new york times, we know what their stance is, he has had a run—in or two with president trump before so he is keen to make a point but nonetheless to him. and from two feet, the gulf news, a lovely story this, too by police working out how foot movements are helping solve crime. -- dubai. i will be looking how i move going forward. somebody kind of denying here but they were defrauding somebody in a jewellery shop, saying it wasn't me, it absolutely wasn't, and it turns out they were able to be prosecuted on the paces off the

foot movements, the power of this technology, we are talking about the iphone x earlier, but the power of this is coming leaps and bounds. it is some new stuff now, isn't it, people will recognise as possible. we will have to leave it there, think is attacking us through the main use of the day and it's always good to see you. i should say of course to stay with us, we are very keen to hear your views, hashtag bbc the briefing. not least the iphone x, the briefing. not least the iphone x, would you buy one? are you going to buy one? are you queueing up to buy one as we speak? thanks for watching the briefing. from me, david eades, and the rest of the team, goodbye. hello. thursday turned out to be a day of mixed weather fortunes right across the british isles. for some, the morning fog became the afternoon fog. it really didn't get away from some spots,

especially in somerset levels. first thing on friday, a coolish sort of start despite the extensive amount of cloud. but it's the fog, again, that will be concentrating my mind and should be on your mind too, across the southern counties of england, especially for that morning rush hour. bbc local radio will keep you right up to date with the very worst of the conditions, which could stretch from the eastern side of devon, through the west country, central, southern england, into parts of the south—east. generally speaking, from wales to the midlands to east anglia, more cloudy and maybe a spot of rain. then dry weather for the most part as we get into the north of england, much of northern ireland, the eastern side of scotland too. drift that bit further towards the north and west in scotland, a new set of weather fronts coming in here, with the cloud, wind and rain making very slow progress through the day. much of the fog will lift away during the course of the morning as more cloud just comes down towards those southern counties. we may well find the odd glimpse of sunshine coming through.

temperatures, as you see, for most, in double figures. one or two sheltered spots in the eastern side of scotland, despite some brightness, will be stuck at around 9, possibly 10 degrees or so. overnight, this is where we see really quite a dramatic change. we have that weather front making itself felt across scotland, northern ireland, but we are bringing more cloud and a real developing situation, here, with the rain becoming quite widespread across england and wales as we start the weekend. the weekend, of course, is one for fireworks and bonfires perhaps, but it's turning colder eventually and it will be a mixture of sunny spells and showers once — and it will take a time before we get rid of these weather fronts, which will bring in a fair amount, as i say, of cloud and rain widely to start off saturday across the greater part of england and wales. further north and west than that, it's a mixture of sunny spells and showers and a north—westerly and a chilly north—westerly at that. now, that will take a time before it works its way right down into that south—eastern quarter of the british isles and don't

hold me to that exact timing of that rain getting away from the coast of east anglia and kent. it could be two, three hours perhaps later than that. but eventually, i think, the colder air will win out. sunday looks to be more straightforward, with a mixture of sunny spells and some blustery showers. especially across northern and western parts. and a high of 11. hello, this is breakfast, withjohn kay and naga munchetty. more allegations of sexual harassment in westminster. labour mp kelvin hopkins is suspended, as the party launches an investigation. michael fallon, who resigned as defence secretary, categorically denies new claims in today's newspapers that he made sexual comments to cabinet colleague andrea leadsom. good morning.

it's friday, the 3rd of november. also this morning: a cut in the time it takes for new medicines to get from the lab to the patients. the government says it wants to reduce the approval process by four years.