starting with the metro. a not so veiled reference to one of the stories about trump in the white house, which supposedly says his daughter ivanka does reveal the people the truth behind the hair and thatis people the truth behind the hair and that is that he had some sort of scalp reduction. i was looking at the details of this. we wouldn't have thought it would be in a serious story like the metro. they could have gone with other stories like trump sits there at 6:30am eating chicken nuggets and goes to bed at 6:30pm. lots of other things. lam bed at 6:30pm. lots of other things. i am amazed they are trying to squash the first amendment rights. clearly he is irked by this to an extreme degree. but it confirms what a lot of people have thought about donald trump. he didn't expect to win and most of the people, even his

close estate, think he is absolutely insane. that may be the case. he of course denies all of this. he would. he says it is rubbish and has threatened to sue, and we will hear from the author in a few hours on american tv. as you say, you think it confirms what a lot of people already think about him. in that case is a damaging at all?” already think about him. in that case is a damaging at all? i do really think it is damaging and it will just feed really think it is damaging and it willjust feed into what really think it is damaging and it will just feed into what serious supporters feel, which is that this isa supporters feel, which is that this is a guy who is going to disrupt the fa ke is a guy who is going to disrupt the fake media and people are turning against him because they are part of the swamp but in the end trump will make america a great again. it will be hard to dislodge them, but slowly and surely i think the emperor will be seen in time to come, to have no

clothes. he can only sell this for so clothes. he can only sell this for so long. you can't put lipstick on a pig. so long. you can't put lipstick on a pig, as president obama want said. and president trump is so brutal that sooner or later this attempt at distraction by tweets is going to have less impact. these are serious times and he is supposed to be a serious figure that he is making himself and the us figure of fun. if even his daughter is knocking his head, although i do know what the details of the comments are, it's a brilliant picture on the front page of the metro. if even she isn't supporting him, who will? the economy is doing well. we've got the dowjones on a record high, with predictions saying it will only get higher. it will get even higher because of course people want to be on the gravy train. those big companies which stand to gain a huge amount from this record tax cut, the

biggest in 30 years, want to be part of this huge wave of success, although it has to be said that donald trump can't take all the credit caused these figures started creeping up during barack 0bama's period and he had a much more poisoned chalice than donald trump inherited from him. but i think in time this is going to be seen as a huge bubble, which can't go on forever, and when it burst it will be very painful indeed. if he is still president... we will see! let's have a look at the arab news and this is about iran. it is unclear whether or not protest are continuing. the government affairs says they have quashed them, but actually the arab news says they are still continuing and it's very hard to get real information out of their because authorities have stamped down on the access people can get. but i guess the issue is what kind

of long—term impact, if any, this week—long protest will have. of long—term impact, if any, this week-long protest will have. the last uprisings were in 2009 and were quashed pretty brutally and for most of the last 38 years you've seen very little resistance. the supreme leader, the revolutionary guides have had a pretty firm grip on the country. but young people will not be quelled, especially when you educate them and give them a sense that islam is the answer, especially your brand of sheer will slam. the irony is that —— shia islam. the previous leader were —— was quite supportive of uprisings in the rain —— places like egypt. people aren't seeing the benefits now of the new government. it is now four years old. and they want to reap the

dividends of a new opening out to the world and are not seeing it. the us said they want the un security council to meet today to discuss the issue. yesterday being closed sanctions on five american companies. if they considered themselves to be the voice of the free around the world then yes but they speak with forked tongue because they put iranians on the no—fly list. if you are an iranian without any criminal record you can't easily fly into the us. they've also alienated the significant number of the un members over the issue of jerusalem significant number of the un members over the issue ofjerusalem being venue over the issue ofjerusalem being venue is really capital and threatened quite a number of countries. porting you might call it the non—aligned movement. —— countries for supporting. many countries for supporting. many countries are supportive of the palestinians and angry at their treatment by the israelis and are

upset over the changing us policy. if the us goes around threatening them with with all of funds then how will they be expected to support iran? the government in the uk wants to charge 25p for every so—called disposable coffee cup because they aren't being recycled. it is the question we are asking. what do people think about it and will it work? 2.5 billion copy cups are thrown away every year. it shows we drinka lot thrown away every year. it shows we drink a lot of coffee in this country! i really surprised because i thought these coffee cups were disposable, but they are made of mixed materials, including some pvc. i think we are going to have to impose are much greater charge would give people a greater discount if they bring in there own cup. it's easy to walk around with a couple of plastic tags and not pay the 5p levy. that worked successfully, down

85% since the band. who is going to wa nt to 85% since the band. who is going to want to carry a dirty coffee cup? that's the issue i have. i'd bring a cup to work, a nondisposable cup. but then what do i do with it when i've finished my drink was yellow who is going to wash it for you? the daily telegraph. mark zuckerberg has come up with his new years resolution and in the past it has been things like build an ai resolution and in the past it has been things like build an a! for his home, learn mandarin, but today he says he will tackle the issues to do with social media. he says he wants to turn facebook from where it is at the moment, the purveyor of fake news, people say it is helping political meddling, especially from russia, detrimental to health, to something that unites people. that was the initial intention. u nfortu nately was the initial intention. unfortunately he has been used of city by and doing nothing. the

question is, what can he do about it? there are many complicated algorithms invented by people like him and the people he has employed it needs to have a bit of political will and devote more time and resources , will and devote more time and resources, because he hasn't done enough and governments are on his case. is he actuallyjust trying to implement government intervention? do you think it is too late to try to change things? it is still the wild west and if people can stream suicides and things. if it is detrimental to people's mental health than the positive brand of that, facebook, twitter and the others, is going to change and it may have reached its peak now, facebook, as well. let's have a look

at the last paper. this is the new york times. this is of course about fukushima, the region ofjapan that was so fukushima, the region ofjapan that was so devastatingly hit by that tsunami and earthquake a few years ago. now they are trying to rehabilitate its image and are saying we need to play ball. what are they trying to do? they are going to be one of the 2020 olympic venues, going back to tokyo for the first time in 60 years. so it's going to be a venue for baseball and softball. i'm not sure how popular those games are at the olympic games, but people go to those venues given how terrible and devastating that tragedy was? i'm not sure. thanks for taking us through the paper. thanks for watching the briefing. goodbye. hello, there. the wet and windy weather that we've seen to start 2018 should be easing away. much quieter weather towards the weekend. this is how we ended the day

on thursday in stevenage. clear spells, a bit of cloud and fairly heavy showers that have been moving west to east overnight. they will tend to ease from the south—east on friday. still pretty windy in south—western parts of the country. further north we have still got lingering rain and hill snow in many eastern parts of scotland. so snow accumulating here. not a bad start in northern ireland. chilly first thing, with frost and fog patches. a similar picture into the south—west scotland and northern england. further south into england and wales, there will be cloud with outbreaks of rain through the midlands and towards the south—east on friday it should be generally fine dry and fine. further spells of showery rain into the south—west of england and wales. still strong and gusty winds, but they won't be as strong as the winds we've had on thursday. further north, less windy and more sunshine into the midlands, north wales, northern england. temperatures between 4—9 degrees. a touch cooler than recent days. that cooling trend continues through into the weekend.

we've got this north—easterly wind, bringing further snow showers in scotland and northern england, over higher ground. temperatures dropping to close to freezing in towns and cities by first thing saturday. colder in the countryside. slightly milder, with frost and fog further south. the weekend is dominated by the fact that we've got high pressure building and the wind coming in from the north—easterly direction. through saturday the cold northerly wind will bring more sunshine in scotland, northern england and northern ireland. further south across central, southern england and wales, still cloudy, with a few spots of rain here. highs of 2—7 degrees, so temperatures are dipping. on saturday night we have some cold conditions developing a with clear skies and light winds. the odd wintry showers around exposed coasts. for most, it will be a cold and frosty start on saturday. freezing across many northern and western parts. high pressure keeps hold of our weather through the second part of the weekend. for many, sunday

should be a fine day. lighter winds after the cold and frosty start. sunshine developing. top temperatures between freezing and about seven degrees. the wintry theme continues into monday, but most should see plenty of sunshine to compensate for the cold. bye for now. hello. this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. the release of a serial sex attacker after less than ten years in prison. demands for the parole board to explain its decision. black cab driver, john worboys, was jailed for offences against 12 women, but police believe he carried out more than 100 rapes and sexual assaults. good morning.

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