vice's motherboard looks at the world's climate and how 2017 was the second—hottest year on record. the website says 2017 marked the third consecutive year where the temperatures were more than 1 degree celsius above late 19 century levels. china daily leads with optimistic news for china's economy, as the countries gdp rose by 6.9% last year, reversing a downward trend for the first time since 2010. the guardian financial pages report the a380 super—jumbo has been thrown a lifeline by its biggest arline customer, emirates, who agreed to buy up to 36 more planes from airbus. and, finally, on front of the telegraph, uk foreign secretary borisjohnson has suggested to french president emanuel macron that a new bridge should be built between britain and france. he said it was "ridiculous" that two of the world's biggest economies were "linked by a single railway". mr macron reportedly replied "i agree. "let's do it. " to let stewart.

—— let's do it. with me isjoel kibazo, who is a partner atjk associates and a former director of communications at africa development bank. thank you forjoining us once again. the shutdown, we do not know if it is going to happen. i was talking to a journalist from the wall street journal, he thought that it was going to happen, which rather ties in donald trump's message that yes, this is the real. another day, another drama out of washington, it seems really that that is all we should expect from the capital of the world's is power. this time to do with the shutdown. it has happened before, will it happen? who knows? this is brinkmanship and don't forget, donald trump is a business person who likes to go right to the edge and make sure that something happens, and so i don't

know this is just brinkmanship or if there is a shutdown. if there is a shutdown, we are of course looking at consequences. we have had the numbers about the employees that will have to leave but more importantly, it is the uncertainty, it is not only the fact that when the government was last shutdown there was a third of the % of gdp was lost, it is more the uncertainty. you are seeing those effects on the dollar already and as we all know, the last in business likes is uncertainty. it is more that than anything else, but i do not think it will be for a long time. no, but even this is only a short—term fix, isn't it? even if they do get it through. as you have just said, another day, another crisis in the us. we have seen it on a number of occasions over the last few years. absolutely, we have seen it with a number of administrations, but shall we say at the time that he

is marking his first year, we have another drama out of washington and i think it is something we should be getting used to for the next three yea rs, getting used to for the next three years, idsa. buti getting used to for the next three years, idsa. but i think this is quite serious in what i really do think is the uncertainty. —— i dare say. i think we really have to see what happens. yeah, you talk about uncertainty. we have vice reflecting on the figures about 2017, the second hottest year on record. no el nino, so this is, there is no uncertainty of will stop everyone has to accept it, we still know that the trump administration has the same perspective on this but obviously more worrying and haps bolstering again the sense of urgency, which slips after a while, after paris, that you can'tjust recognise it, you have to act on it. yes, i was in paris for those talks. you should have seen the euphoria and the fact that at that time, the

then president of the united states barack 0bama then president of the united states ba rack 0bama was then president of the united states barack 0bama was there and everybody thought right, we have now got hold of this issue. the fact that the us administration now thinks otherwise is very, very worrying. and what is particularly interesting about this story is that this starter comes from nasser, the space agency and the national oceanic and atmospheric administration. so the figures are coming from the us authorities themselves. —— nasa. that there are actually the climate effects as we go forward. at some point, i suspect there mightjust go forward. at some point, i suspect there might just be go forward. at some point, i suspect there mightjust be a slight... yes, i remember when trump went to paris and met emmanuel macron last summer, he was asked about it then and he said well, let's see, there may be a way. that is rather his fallback, isn't it? his default let's see. there is a glimmer of something there. when you look at what time

china is doing in terms of developing green technologies, that is going on around the world anyway. and that is why actually, i am grateful that the us will fall behind. the thing is politically, they may not want to say that there isa they may not want to say that there is a change but i suspect eventually, because also one of the things you have to remember, is that the manufacture of green technology is all part of this and am sure that us business will not want to miss out on that because that is the way the rest of the world is moving. and they are great innovators. let's have a look at china daily, which is reflecting on something which quarters by surprise, didn't it? the economy growing by 6.9% in 2017, thatis economy growing by 6.9% in 2017, that is a pretty positive result there. that's right, the expected figure of 6.5%, so the fact that we can record 6.9% growth for 2017 is really something that took many by surprise. of course, what does this

mean? the interesting thing here is that this growth has come amidst more rigorous regular tory, more rigorous regular tory framework, plus of course, china is now actually quite keen. we have talked about the environment is second ago, and it is actually, it tried to enforce greener policies that have led to, previously its policies have led to, previously its policies have led to, previously its policies have led to great pollution, and so it has come, even though... almost in spite of... almost in spite of that. to me, one thing i am keen on on because we saw in the earlier part of this decade, it was china that was helping poor african countries. absolutely. up, as they all sort of exported there raw materials to china. hopefully that will continue and there will be another spell for

africa. will hope that. let's look very briefly at the guardian, the airbus a380 given a lifeline. a lovely, plush airline, beautifulto travel on. —— we all hope. they want smaller, more flexible plan is. yes, this is a lifeline because they have not had an order in four years, and so this really is a lifeline and it isa so this really is a lifeline and it is a deal worked $16 billion. they are buying 20 and taking an option on 16 more. there were fears that that was the end for airbus, especially when emirates, the airline that is buying them, ordered bowling. this is good news for airbus, andi bowling. this is good news for airbus, and i must say that although we like the dream line, i use it quite often. there is a big smile on your face there. quite often. there is a big smile on yourface there. i quite often. there is a big smile on your face there. i wonder if there isa your face there. i wonder if there is a big smile on your face with the

daily telegraph, it is interesting. you have theresa may, emmanuel macron, a big summit, and boris johnson gets the headline. well done, boris. it also, it is rather emotional, isn't it? let's have a bridge across the channel, you followed you will —— eurotunnel. i was a correspondent for a while, what do you think? do you know, i somehow suspect that this was a story for the moment. when you think about the cost involved, i remember the whole eurotunnel thing in all of the whole eurotunnel thing in all of the difficulties involved with that. i'm not so sure that any government would be willing to return to that kind of them, so ijust wonder if this was not being floated yesterday purely by the fact that the french president was in the uk on this visit, and look... and borrows quit. boris is great at picking up a

headline. boris johnson quit. boris is great at picking up a headline. borisjohnson quit. i'm not so sure that this is a headline. —— boris johnson. not so sure that this is a headline. -- boris johnson. the other thing about this is almost seems that the uk is trying to sort of connect more to europe, as it is disengaging. if i may bring sort of a brexit element into this, so you sort of think well, which way do you want to go? well, maybe that is the point, that even outside the eu, we can have more business with you, build more bridges effectively, with the hexagon. we have run out of time. it flies by, doesn't it? thank you very much indeed, a fascinating perspective on the media around the world today. thank you for watching the briefing. bye for now. following hot on the heels of the stormy weather yesterday that brought a wind gust of 83 miles

an hour to eastern england, today the focus today is on the snow. the satellite picture shows snow showers to the north—west but here is a little trough, a cold front that enhances the amount of snow, the frequency and heaviness of snow showers. where it is going? well, western scotland, arriving more or less in time for the morning rush—hour. you could see some further disruption here with significant accumulations of snow. it could well be one of those mornings. certainly worth checking the condition of the roads before heading out on a journey across this part of the world. even northern ireland will see snow showers, could cause problems out and about and if it is not snow then there is the risk of ice. further south, a number of showers across southern wales and south—west england, many will be ofrain and wintriness perhaps over the hills. for many across england, it should be a sunny start to the day but it will feel cold. temperatures hovering around about freezing and brisk winds to factor in.

so a risk of disruption as we go into friday morning, mainly focused across the western side of scotland. check before travelling and allow extra time for your journey. for the rest of the day, the majority of snow showers will be across the north and west of country. fewer showers elsewhere with the best of the sunshine across central and eastern england. even here, there could be an occasional wintry shower blowing in on those brisk winds. the wind will make you feel chilly. temperatures not reaching much above freezing in the northern uk, but even in the south when you factor in the winds, it will be a cold—feeling day. there will be changes in the weather coming up through friday night. the weather front will try to move in and bring a spell of rain to the south of the uk. now, a bit of uncertainty about how far north the band will get but it could start to bump into the cold air and may bring a spell of snow to high parts of wales, the brecon beacons, and perhaps some hills in southern england as well. but that is uncertain. further north, there is a sure—fire certainty of snow showers and risk of ice into saturday morning,

because here it will be cold. through saturday morning, the risk of rain and hill snow fades away from southern england and a decent day will be left. cold, sunshine, fewer showers for northern ireland and scotland and more sunshine. for the second half of the weekend, a band of heavy rain will spread its way in and there could be a spell of heavy snow on the leading edge for a time before the milder air returns. this weekend, not looking too bad on saturday but heavy rain and a chance, for some of us, of snow on sunday. that is the weather. hello, this is breakfast,

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