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making news for the guardian today. apple investors call for action over iphone addiction among children. an open letter highlights the growing concern on the damage smart—phones are having on youth and investors are urging new parental controls and release of data. many newspapers have this story. a hospital in greater manchester has become the first in england to ban all sugary snacks from its canteen and vending machines as it encourages overweight staff to set a better example to patients. the move has had a mixed reaction from staff. and lastly, a look at the daily telegraph. with an adorable picture of princess charlotte as the two—year—old heads off to her first day of nursery. the photo was taken by her mother, the duchess of cambridge. with me is lianna brinded, who is the europe news editor, for quartz. we start with the korea times and
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coverage of the historic talks. absolutely. this is the first time in two years they have talked about something around a table. like with most diplomatic matters, it is over a sport, like the olympics. this is a sport, like the olympics. this is a progressive unification talkwise. they say they are focusing on sport. it isa they say they are focusing on sport. it is a start, and so encouraging. winding the clock back a few months, perhaps weeks, we were talking about how critical this was and how there was this terrible stalemate as well. it is brilliant that the winter olympics has given them an avenue to get together in the same room. they have talked for four hours. they say they will focus on the olympics, but some of the ministers did say other issues will be on the table, that is
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the most important thing. absolutely. it is where it progresses to. expectations are higher. good news. and so many headlines on the cabinet reshuffle. we highlighted the independent and other headlines like the telegraph. the prime minister starting with a show of strength in the new year, butjeremy corbyn, the head of the labour party, saying it was actually a disaster. it is a disaster for theresa may. it is getting worse and worse for her. obviously, losing the majority is the start. but some of the easiest ways to show power is to reshuffle your cabinet... not necessarily easy, because sometimes they do not play ball, and they did not this time. that is the key point. most prime minister's reshuffle several times and it is
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fine. this one has gone badly. it adds to the narrative she is a very wea k adds to the narrative she is a very weak prime minister. some would argue that, others, maybe not. walking out, justine greening, is a big blow. she wanted more women on the cabinet. she is increasing the number of the mouse in the cabinet and the lower position. —— females. it is interesting she walked away. she was not going to take it. yeah, imean, she was not going to take it. yeah, i mean, there are two elements to it. she did a lot of work trying to get more women into the cabinet. she did a lot on mobility. justine greening? yeah. absolutely. she has been focusing on that. however, suddenly being told to go and work
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in pensions, which is seen as a poison chalice, very difficult, and a legacy issue from iain duncan smith's universal credit is as well. yet. it has been a nightmare, causing many problems. let's move on to the next story, this one in bloomberg. one of their favourite lines is suggesting aston martin could come to market, a flirtation, a valuation putting it on par with ferraris. i would a valuation putting it on par with ferraris. iwould imagine a valuation putting it on par with ferraris. i would imagine people would like to get a bit of aston martin. they cannot drive one but perhaps they can get some shares. martin. they cannot drive one but perhaps they can get some sharesm is always exciting when a company floats and goes on to the public market. it is also a test of investor appetite out there, and with a british brand going on the market, it would be a test on
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brexit. a litmus test on investor sentiment, and also a car. the market flotations that get all of the attention, and many argue they are overvalued, technology stocks, coming to market at the moment, it isa coming to market at the moment, it is a different company. it is actually a physical thing that weekend drive and see the series of us, etc. how many people are interested 7 us, etc. how many people are interested? -- that we can drive and see in front of us. child phone addicts need your help, investors tell apple. they are being warned about the problems of child addiction. this has been a huge issue for a while. there has been a lot of information showing smartphones affect the brains of children, and their lives. having,
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actually, two huge investors controlling $2 billion worth of apple shares, a public declaration something needs to be done, this could be the start of the tide is turning. it is interesting. bethought is that apple could introduce a system where if you put in yourage, it introduce a system where if you put in your age, it will lock out after a certain time. —— the thought is. there are many ideas on how to manage usage of smartphones. absolutely. at the moment, the onus is still on parents. i am a parent. it isa is still on parents. i am a parent. it is a constant battle in my home, the management of screen time, as it were. i would the management of screen time, as it were. iwould be the management of screen time, as it were. i would be very relieved to get some help in that department. the times now. an interesting story to bea the times now. an interesting story to be a hospital taking action. ab sugar band on snacks available in
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the hospital. —— a sugar ban. pointing the finger at staff as well. obesity is a big trouble in the uk, and obesity related diseases like diabetes, it is a huge problem in the uk. but what is interesting is that there is a focus on hospital staff and trying to curb their snacks in a small area, hospitals. and they are trying to... some places are banding that. however, whether that has a huge effect on the problems of the country, i doubt it. -- the problems of the country, i doubt it. —— banning. the problems of the country, i doubt it. -- banning. many would argue it isa beginning. it. -- banning. many would argue it is a beginning. it is a hot topic. there is a lot of pressure on companies, drink companies, to reduce sugar, the sugar tax, that kind of thing. it would seem that drastic action is required in many insta nces to drastic action is required in many instances to get us to change our behaviour. absolutely. ithink instances to get us to change our behaviour. absolutely. i think that it is understandable that they want to lead by example. naturally, they will turn to their staff first and
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ask for that. obviously, will turn to their staff first and ask forthat. obviously, helping them would involve removing these items. yes. hopefully they inspired patients. and give us your take on this photo. princess charlotte. her big day, going to kindergarten. yes. many people love royal news. it seems that april is going to be a happy time for the royal family as well. just explain why for those not across this. so, yeah, we obviously have the lovely picture of princess charlotte. this is one of the first things leading into that. april, prince william and the duchess of cambridge are going to have their third baby. indeed. it is also their wedding anniversary. ok. a very happy time in the spring. and then a month later, the wedding of meghan
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markle and prince harry. a bucket load of royal engagements to see us through. thank you for coming in. we appreciate your input on the news briefing. a look at stories in the media. one more story. forest fires i still raging in argentina's mendoza forest. 100,000 hectares are thought to have been burned. temperatures over a0 degrees have caused them to spread further. that is the briefing. i will see you $0011. is the briefing. i will see you soon. thanks for watching. pretty typicaljanuary weather this week. a lot of cloud around, on the cool side, could have a lot of mist and fog and also some frost too with limited amounts of sunshine.
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we're starting tuesday off on a very cloudy note. not so cold because of the cloud apart from some places saw clear skies, for example north scotland. so a cold and frosty start here. we're in between weather systems, high pressure to the east. this area of low pressure will bring increasing wind and also some rain to the south—west of the country later in the day. for most of us, though, we're under a run of south—easterly winds. it will bring a lot of cloud across the country, starting off misty, murky, there will be a lot of hill fog throughout the day. conditions really don't improve much as we head on into the afternoon. now, there will be some places seeing the brightness. favoured spots in a south—easterly wind with some shelter, of course, the north—west of scotland. some good spells of sunshine. also maybe north—west parts of england, particularly cumbria and north—west wales. elsewhere, it really will stay cloudy and cool with the misty, murky conditions. temperatures, you can see, in mid—to high single figures. though we could see 10—11 degrees in the south—west with that weather front as it pushes into the south—west of england and south—west wales. that weather front slowly moves its way eastwards and reaches northern ireland and then the rest of scotland and in towards other
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parts of england. quite fragmented as it reaches northern and eastern areas by the end of the night. behind it, the skies clear, turning quite cold. we could see some frost and maybe some ice after the overnight rain. and a few showers piling into the south—west of england and also for the channel islands. for wednesday then, we start off on a cloudy, wet note, central and eastern areas. i think it's a good improvement, though, through the day. that rain should eventually clear away, may leave a little bit of cloud around across the far east of england there. wet, though, all day for the shetland isles. but plenty of sunshine in its place, and not feeling too bad. ten in the warmest spots. the area of low pressure clears away, takes its showers with it. then we are in a region of slack high pressure, so what that means, by the end of the week we could see a return to light winds and that risk of overnight frost and fog. so thursday starting off on a cool note, maybe some mist and fog around. but if it lifts and breaks, we should see some good sunny spells developing. but it will be on the cool side again, 3—8 degrees at best. friday, similar sort of picture.
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slack winds. so we could start off with a little bit of mist and fog. a little bit of sunshine breaking through through the afternoon, but most places dry. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. theresa may's reshuffle doesn't quite go to plan, as the health secretary resists a move and the education secretary quits. justine greening refused the offer of a newjob. the prime minister will announce more junior appointments later today. good morning, it is
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tuesday 9 january. also this morning: north korea agrees to send a team to the winter olympics in the south, after the first high—level talks for more than two years. smacking children could be banned in wales. the welsh government has launched a consultation on the plans. retailers haven't had the christmas they were hoping for,
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