the seaplane, which crashed near sydney on new year. now it is time look at the stories that are making the headlines in media across the world. we begin with the new york times, and donald trump, who excommunicated his former chief strategist, steve bannon, after the latter made caustic comments about the president and his family to the author of a new book. the new york times all over that story. let's have a look at another perspective on that in the us media. fox news focused on donald trumer, who fired back at the remarks made by bannon by calling him "an opportunist" who brought "backstabbing, harassing and lying" to the white house. 0 nto onto other stories here in the uk. the metro calls storm eleanor — the deadly winter storm that's been

whipping across most of northern europe — "one el of a storm". two people were killed in spain while a skier died in the french alps. the guardian front page leads with windsor council leader's demands that police use law to clear the area of homeless people ahead of the royal wedding of prince harry and meghan markle. the financial times pages look at the rise of green car sales and how norway has become the first country in the world where more than half of all new cars sold are hybrid or electric. and, finally, the gulf news has some bad news for people with a sweet tooth — it warns chocolate could be extinct by 2050 due to climate change. cacao trees, which need heavy rainfall for growth, are under threat as rising temperatures is sucking moisture from the soils where the trees grow. many of you i can hear are very

concerned about that. with me is richard griffiths, who is corporate communications director at the global pr firm, ketchum. am very worried. let's start wit the i am very worried. let's start with the latest. where do we start? there are so many angles we the latest. where do we start? there are so many angles we could have gone with this. we have picked the new york times on fox news to give oui’ new york times on fox news to give our viewers a new york times on fox news to give oui’ viewers a sense new york times on fox news to give our viewers a sense of how the us media is digestive and this latest episode. i think many viewers will be waking up to this story and what we can promise them is lots ofjuicy stuff in this new book by michael wolff who is an american journalist who has a book coming out in the next few months. it offers, promises us next few months. it offers, promises us the inside track on the first yearfor donald us the inside track on the first year for donald trump us the inside track on the first yearfor donald trump in us the inside track on the first year for donald trump in the white house and also the runner—up in the 2016 presidential campaign. really, some extraordinary stuff, so steve bannon for instance has quoted,

labelling donald trump junior as treasonous the meeting with the russians, his father hitting back that steve bannon has lost his mind, and that quote is on the front page of many of the global newspapers this morning, the times of london, the new york times, the story is everywhere. there are so many elements to it. one angle with regards to tony blair and whether he actually solicited donald trump for actually solicited donald trump for a role as a middle east envoy. it has been denied. many elements i suspect, there are more to come. it is great free publicity for the book because so many people are now going to wa nt because so many people are now going to want to go out and buy this. interestingly, the family are fighting back and that is fox news's angle on this as it were. donald trump junior angle on this as it were. donald trumpjuniorslamming angle on this as it were. donald trump junior slamming steve bannon following these trees and remarks. the question is, how damaging is all

of this? i think there are two points that are really interesting. one is that we shouldn't forget steve a nd one is that we shouldn't forget steve and was trump's steve —— chief strategist. he was seen as the architect of his success by many. he comes from an irish working class that ground, then became an investment banker goldman sachs and it would be interesting to see what impact this has on donald trump of the core base. that is the first thing. he came from the right but... website as it were. he has returned to now post his role with donald trump. the second element of this is the comments, and this is something the comments, and this is something the ft picks up on this morning, the comments attributed to the special counsel investigation poses a bigger threat for many in the white house. the question is, is he going to call steve bannon and will steve bannon give evidence? what will be evident speak? it would be really

fascinating over the next few months what impact that has. we should watch this space. absolutely. indeed. let's move on to a story that has had a big impact across northern europe. when i went home yesterday, i found an enormous tree had come down in my garden. it didn't damage property. it took out a fence and i have to sort that out. it has been awful for some. a fence and i have to sort that out. it has been awfulfor some. we talked about lives lost. it is the time of year when we hear about this kind of thing and this is northern europe. on the east coast of the us, they are preparing for extreme weather conditions there as well. for all of us who felt that really heavy wind the night before last and felt like our houses were going to shake, this is insignificant and you see impact it has in some parts of northern europe. lives have been lost and this had affected the netherlands, france, germany, spain as well, the french alps and what

has been interesting is looking at the imagery we have seen, some really incredible scenes from right across europe on wednesday, the eiffel tower was shut and a train was blown off its tracks in switzerland. the fact is it is winter. i think for me the question is how well prepared we are for the increasing frequency extreme weather events. they have benign names like elenor, but they are seriously bad no “— elenor, but they are seriously bad no —— bad news. elenor, but they are seriously bad no -- bad news. there was a year of many extreme and catastrophic weather events all over the world in 2017. this year we are wondering what is in store. let's take a look at the guardian front page. the royal wedding. royal wedding is taking place in may at windsor castle. the front page headline that

the royal family would want. and not the royal family would want. and not the front—page headline simon dudley, the conservative leader of the borough of windsor may want to see this morning. i think it is the tone of this letter which he has a p pa re ntly tone of this letter which he has apparently written to the police, the local police force in that area requesting action against "aggressive begging and intimidation". in fairness to simon dudley, he does go on to say, to point out that homelessness is com pletely u na cce pta ble point out that homelessness is completely unacceptable in a caring, compassionate community such as owls. it is what the guardian has picked up on here and the tone of this letter which is really unpalatable, and a kind of wonder what prince harry and meghan markle, meghan markle seen as many as very keen on humanitarian efforts, how will this go down with the royal couple? not very well and not a great headline. not what they would

want. harry and william have those at times like christmas have worked with charities in london where they have actually slept out in the streets i remember years ago. a very well—known charity in london looks after the homeless in london at this time of year. you have thousands of well—wishers coming to windsor at a key time, but the fact is there needs to be some kind of effort and solution, but there is not that kind of tone in the letter. we have a minute to go so we have the green car story in norway and we have chocolate could be a thing of the past by 2050. i was not surprised to hear norway is the first country in the world was nearly over half the ca rs the world was nearly over half the cars sold other hybrid will fully electric. it is coming, the background to what is going on in norway if they had been giving some very generous norway if they had been giving some very generous tax norway if they had been giving some very generous tax breaks to consumers to encourage them to buy green cars, for everything from free

parking in some cities to exceptions from tolls. if the infrastructure, if you have an electric car, are you going to run out of battery and have nowhere to charge it? norway is pushing ahead. it can work, but for the government that comes a tipping point where they say they have done quite well and they need to start clawing back some of taxation. norway is that situation right now. green car sales doing really well. i'm sure we will find another way to make chocolate. we have ten seconds. chocolate's years are numbered. it is terrible news to end up on for those of us with a sweet tooth. we are out of time i'm afraid. thank you so much. thanks for watching the briefing. storm eleanor brought some damage, disruption to ireland and the uk. it has continued to move away in towards the baltic states,

as you can see here, beginning to weaken now. but we're looking out to the west, to this next area of low pressure, which is showing signs of deepening, strengthening all the while as it's reaching our shores, and could bring us a spell of gales or severe gales during the course of this afternoon. initially, it's going to send a weather front out ahead of it. some of the rain will be fairly heavy, quite persistent during the overnight period and to start this morning. but further north and east, a dry, chilly start to the day, with a little bit of frost and fog potentially in central and northern scotland. so, for today, there's going to be that early—morning rain, and then into the afternoon, those winds are going to pick up, particularly across the south. so we start off on a very wet note this morning in the south—east, east anglia, pushing in towards east midlands and northern england. those winds behind the rain band begin to pick up, reaching gale—force around in the south—west, particularly around coastal areas and in towards wales. the rain will be persistent, fairly heavy across northern england, pushing in towards central, southern scotland and into northern ireland. and with a little bit of elevation, with that cold air around,

we could be looking at some snow over the higher ground here. but a dry, cold start for much of northern scotland, with a bit of mist and fog around too. a few showers across the northern isles, mind you. that rain band will continue to move northwards and then grind to a halt in the far north of england, central and southern scotland, and northern ireland. behind it, though, for much of england and wales, a brighter afternoon, some sunshine, showers. but those gusty winds touching 60mph, maybe even more in exposure across wales, the south—west, and into the south—east. a very mild 12—13 degrees here, a little bit cooler further north. that area of low pressure clears away, and on friday, we're looking at another feature running in off the atlantic. it's going to bring another spell of wet and fairly windy weather to our shores. a little bit of snow to start across some of the northern hills first thing on friday, and then those winds picking up. again, initially south—west england, wales, then across the south coast and in towards the south—east. some sunshine around too. much more cold air begins to push into scotland with an increasing chance of wintry showers. that cold air down from the arctic spreads right across the uk

for the weekend, so it's going to feel distinctly cold. much, much colder out on that strong north—north—east wind. it's going to feel bitterly cold, in fact. there will be some sunshine around. som wintry showers, as well, across eastern areas, —— some wintry showers, as well, across eastern areas, and temperatures 6—7 degrees at best. the winds maybe a bit lighter across the board on sunday. still quite breezy across the south—east, but it's going to feel even colder, despite there being plenty of sunshine. hello — this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. children as young as 10 stressed out by social media. parents and teachers are warned it's time to take action. the children's commissioner for england says too many pupils are ill—equipped for the "emotional demands" of their online lives. good morning it's thursday 11th january.

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